Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf77a15700df27a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:51:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 98a9d98b0dfeae2460930fd972f0e56f SHA-1: 20db82cb288dbba85520b541505feb62b65b5833 SHA-256: cf77a15700df27a056ee8abcde8b05c9f7d4cda1f02df2f040721e8ab9c88e32
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute further malicious content. The presence of a PDF.Phishing.Trojan ClamAV detection and ML classifier flagging reinforces the malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a second-stage payload from one of the provided URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=math+worksheets+grade+2+addition+subtraction PDF link annotation
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ab8f03a9b---fipibepemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meadescafe.com/userfiles/file/58742512843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmediahouse.com/admin/uploads/file/mololebizem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/95092897766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twfern.org/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210610231809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syteq-pro.com/userfiles/file/34789906376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ownlines.com/upfiles/file/padomazisukumitisigebuxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greatwalledmond.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nadiwomezuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kilageluzetozewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607306d7493bf---879519587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0c77066a9a1b8fdbaf900faebc21bcf/zibazarodaxuvokajotuzafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neilreardon.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/67726727200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f8f6674f66fb425d92413ff1b5d4ef5/5882019029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafemocion.com/userfiles/file/jakekutunowipisubomag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://temple.mo/userfiles/file/82713202096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelrealerimini.it/userfiles/files/ropiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harryreichert.de/uploaded_pics/News/file/wonopuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dailyiat.com/html_upload/file/68474815817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bititechnika.com/uploads/file/wefikujugaperariwez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081aec3ef994---17403857764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gemculture.com/userfiles/file/jusovunof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fibaquitaine.fr/cebatrama/userfiles/files/jeludovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stpatricksreunion.org/clients/84553/File/wutajawerafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namlongprojects.com/images/uploads/files/57864065090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852f47cbc34---taxodiferi.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_off0000bd5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD5D 15244 bytes
SHA-256: 4080cc9d82e761a9ea2d0cfaceceeabdfd6811633b4605fac5ed92eaa2e996cb
font_01_sfnt_off0000e499.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE499 11136 bytes
SHA-256: d184db887df59cbd729f49e79452a1e375f22bfb3bcd9368f7aedd1a09f9da4d
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE87 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1