Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf6df5643df41f0e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 18:30:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 3cf74648caa63e4ff0a155e3eee467ab SHA-1: b7ba279297e9a8e744a28591687d0513fd7d2d8d SHA-256: cf6df5643df41f0e05416feb65cb273b0aa3e62ba11891835cd1829b273462d0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary goal appears to be directing users to external malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0fc0d7233d6ca3b4ca61e22c40c7bfe/lujobunovosagigo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/npooho9n5hc97ilg63ff99hasj/buzikowib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/nunaxugojekimepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toshiteriyakiburien.com/uploads/files/xobezugilagosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/189c620147071ed98f0ed86143556b0e/kedevolakisipanegezaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf9b85dbef6f6d3b2f9b5b251ccf0280/zipalefutuvagemumer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e0235a89f---34131490705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c047da9824---65676765131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdaniec.com/upload/files/67981229736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f52c4fb5515b7d3181b6381eea98f195/73262580188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c470a9e2441---fovozoboso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0138c09948d7118441b622201184c4b4/gidovabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa3f1c94f63cc6b5ca5ba73707d60adf/94870344659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a65640e743---kojilivitoxewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a1-automotivegroup.com/upload/files/nusovuveru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunpower.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuzabinavukukiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082a26f2f60b---74929177792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-swiss.com/upload/userfiles/file/wufazogesaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jolanyee.com/upload/files/202108180431042823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f40d9689dad---69432714733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce23784a0e9534548e9862d80de138e9/kujeladukidumalaboju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9aaad50e32---jafelubutefulumovas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laros.cz/UserFiles/file/punem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://air-con.ru/upload/files/famuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=ciclo+vital+ascaris+lumbricoides+pdfPDF 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_off0000e098.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE098 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8AA 18488 bytes
SHA-256: bd1c12ccd67651d53084fb5626a1d7ccd8f32b825ceaa038e1688181b8de024b
font_02_sfnt_off000128d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128D7 11012 bytes
SHA-256: aab42c11db7d5eb350769e084cc6d0d5080878ee7a3c9daa2cec38742b1d046c