Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf66b6fe93d7d644…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 06:54:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f570f8bc93fffc50860c0199f97d2170 SHA-1: 26504085b1ce6b41e2d8646dabca99a2ce0973ac SHA-256: cf66b6fe93d7d6442a2c2af704810fd89b7d937e9fbe7486e885444f86d2374a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. The presence of numerous external URIs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=samsung+soundbar+r550+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://unitec-egypt.net/userfiles/file/pibixajobolawowupataforiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1434bcb0803d0d5adfa5666e395190b5/86522779130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9895fe3b051fd8aec36a6de372331748/jeselemepuserovexesojos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38085859203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c515fe684a0a39b623121a42749f67e/wexonopijajisumov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biroestarsa.hu/uploads/file/rikimizanemixoseve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.funes.gob.ar/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94472359844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gilbertems.com/videos/file/fumizukududotapoviravek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce4e319e532---nakuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zupiwofabofulapanidalufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/sizazenesomup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/xuxeladufaben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solamsys.com/userData/board/file/nosonabudotovibegor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbancollab.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/wuganaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc163d8bfe---gewixisubiriziku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fandimnarodaku.cz/upload/file/4409214308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a7fc01303b751581c497868456c5a8a/68908651709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optikametuje.cz/userfiles/file/37769548624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebiocell.com/uploadfile/file///2021051802413414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af6193b0d55---97013949904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weberstellen.ch/userfiles/file/13527307674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelona-health.com/files/galeria/files/16296416891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c2623d274---27286139312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurishupally.org/userfiles/file/14183310290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000bed5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBED5 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 395f073be7d7efdafee9d524e09f744a2f8f54513fa88634c8e78bf93dc3eada
font_01_sfnt_off0000d78f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD78F 17116 bytes
SHA-256: e8d6480f6b35c940fbbd0328b02033e64caf5441822e9862fb5c6c2a409ca118
font_02_sfnt_off00010412.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10412 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1