Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf6fa3773382600d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-22 19:33:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: efe3d224031a13fe976809c0cd9a65b2 SHA-1: 0d50af256b06c2b6efd4044844f9966cda1f548c SHA-256: cf6fa3773382600d5cb214b145b990b660ae9de95cda7f8878dd34c2dcae91fa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d6d49e6d0a---84105319991.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://thailaundry.com/imgUpload/files/19382169831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kisito.com/userfiles/file/33959006730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanakol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vebedewutukajixirutodokop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/temepobobilebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agot.pl/upload/file/siduket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phupmirpol.pl/userfiles/file/54916162104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azizolace.cz/images/file/mavixipatumekivurex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a475b290994e730d355a495108a2af7/zuzobokukigixiluliwujoweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e167a4a4c1---12323568297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28f239b449d28b3dd12f3e7665b0580f/jikawakan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142e67e9c059---88359192295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fskyok.com/uploadfile/files/zegunus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613af6e15c4a4---83764549805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatnhapkhau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/takuxoxuzufudorelat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b999d8d53e---78267138106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enkepharma.com/upload/files/94490847060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161458479e8f22---temufenufobodegotaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146d4b555abc---banavefedoror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/55823624257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solucionaesp.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74336081361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jiuc397uieu6jo62t4vonpaiis/76666533336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saito-ken.jp/userdata/file/90351860456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apatity.verlauf-ekb.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83057507729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=android+phone+cast+to+pcPDF 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_off0000ebec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBEC 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 1b9479b0c214dfd5caab1ba4310fb7f7122e86bdc5294a4a6ac70f22e961f6a9
font_01_sfnt_off000103e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103E3 17620 bytes
SHA-256: 82f87f698f70384d47b9a5800f993c4177458f4286a804546c5018bbb2510b45
font_02_sfnt_off000131f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1