Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf7f71a316bab8cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 18:14:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1418cff4ca230b57eb70a888fad1102c SHA-1: b8e9c2cdef461f59628380035c645ce72631d55f SHA-256: cf7f71a316bab8cb6b0a0b8edc501b545cf24d3a30b06061d80b662fcce881da
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a malicious PDF detected by ClamAV and ML classifiers. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect the user to download further malicious content. The PDF's structure and embedded links indicate a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d1b323ba3---33510310970.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://headrepublic.pl/images/files/turesawedositikuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpsoft.shop/upload/files/36787980961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelsolutions.ro/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jafegamurorodewonarikaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2e8c684e4b---punapeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/posapokowadikimopuzemasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc98c3413e0---31763927409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f27szerviz.hu/upload/files/84481517997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietkewebbacninh.com/webroot/img/files/95324248496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af7ce3d2172---rivesuvomozikujafiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9e11ef1a80---wikasokiwulebapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4to8p2n7gkbqab72gq9khpuft3/besudorewizow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailynewsodia.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/71094408002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atputasbaze.lv/images/userfiles/files/66248239421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipforiraq.com/userfiles/files/gazuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candybeauty.vn/upload/files/pijekodavipowafifite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floridadressyourhome.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/zinedet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radmangroup-ye.com/rgfiles/file/85135265038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608654de8e2d5---medutebixajixox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iva-vietnam.com/userfiles/file/lulerudejenumalubomuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4jk0lv44htl6ei887s2ui1bif2/viwil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be3080e09f3---wopizij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abcoegypt.com/userfiles/files/musefobobuvituzubowalari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m7po15udubuh4lakahqcd87rf1/23061126003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=user+acceptance+testing+a+step+by+step+guide+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_off0000caf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAF3 17192 bytes
SHA-256: e94af53d5ec4167e67994b1a075993bcee921776c158a7a03ffb41e8c5ae94dc
font_01_sfnt_off0000f76e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF76E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010f85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F85 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 2b122f50c0eecafb57ca3ab8b22299d22b41868ca4a84dee7bd45c15a5a99ed8