Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf4d0fa84364bc50…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.0 KB Created: 2021-08-20 02:09:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 2d59562304229eced661956f98ddacda SHA-1: db9771b05ce975963cdce26628a516b45257fba0 SHA-256: cf4d0fa84364bc50651b7952a5840ef8c08fd6f30910a9781ce33fd7a94f01f5
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading malicious files. The presence of a password-protected archive lure heuristic further indicates a multi-stage attack designed to bypass security gateways. The ClamAV detection confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b258f4103---besofopesoweta.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ekbdrive.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60929238970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/37898304802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kencert.vn/uploads/image/files/befipameturukesuwusugit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savoie-outils-coupants.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sekumizevox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a6623bd17b---73238349432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n3buunm2e5524198k5ulh5u271/jaxumofitaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e205fd309de---nalaguwadexemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/2107260333542553840svdgk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d39e6b4e15a---48973139274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8632306257f1a715b015462fda908c0d/91663483128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113763f2a904---23791113733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://business-baltic.com/myfiles/dok/misevebemufolilafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0800-707-808.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210804122730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fqa0e57felucbqfb306hggsdk0/69559044086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/bososixobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/vupelazamam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/64743905558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jmjluma8iq8f4u6e7vr0ibmld8/83739739624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607542c50e329---92305210972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dc86fe66cd197081959a4b58018f609/42397130823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/lugeworokokezukepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datatech-int.com/userfiles/file/juduwixesiduwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gelateriacool.it/userfiles/files/79449914026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=descargar+driver+autocom+cdp%2BusbPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fbf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBF8 7236 bytes
SHA-256: f232760f636e8a2b40f0c57224a8a03ee4d96e2bebb857905f07fb9c1d7e6df4
font_01_sfnt_off000114df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012cf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CF1 17624 bytes
SHA-256: 5c5a9984cd56c1343b97161684ac891b14c090a4ea18442912ad12aad001b287
font_03_sfnt_off00015b2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B2D 11016 bytes
SHA-256: b645ff0b0e5ac131ca3921a9bd50e522b5552e0ce3973e63a682310e8d42ce5e