Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf51399334ed936d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-09-30 23:51:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 7aef6cebdc1506ed3816a451275decd4 SHA-1: f7f28e3d69456036f8eb89ff49d2c7fd848bbba8 SHA-256: cf51399334ed936dfddf72aeab9b9845d7d9fa6016c02c1b7202fa58a96bfe3e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests potential for further malicious actions beyond simple redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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 http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d04599a2ed---82960213369.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16153b37572e98---sulaleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanitaerprofi.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/57592885424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sayurhijau.com/contents/files/56739148027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/51121684222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insight-assessment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fukazazameliduwum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gd-weimi.com/upfolder/e/files/20210908100444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huzatfokozo.hu/editor_up/14069845147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b270a7kf.kr/data/editor/file/bedigorijexarakurimep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/fevifisajipok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buydecor.ru/uploads/files/28719049176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niktid.ru/userfiles/file/54052507381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614cb9b977d1b---rizesujurevawadejokigeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wsbe17hongkong.hk/_bin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pogijok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d9c076db716b93caa3039301d3a65b3/72990006257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142a400a8acd---69024679670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscow-vernisage.com/files/files/33178789704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madhubanindiancuisine.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/jafozorefomevemop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bevillelecomte.ovh/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7005779820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614200badda90---34272948012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/715c44f46ee579ac703cb45ad1e56f05/80577282895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://52fotki.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13840065193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/99958458310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osayit.com/images/file/rixavefebezuzirikisiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=lenny+avery+gta+5PDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c040.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC040 10128 bytes
SHA-256: 862731ed1d8c0b002a7abeb1b2d9ba777ab1d966b343d9346789c3b3ca5c0ca1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d712.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD712 18520 bytes
SHA-256: b32b1376d7f5a16fa54ace1161aeb9a5718c7738501a00b695a0428e369d3a78
font_02_sfnt_off00010760.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10760 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1