Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf86afdf21be3d32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.3 KB Created: 2021-08-11 12:12:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 7a0696ec4fefaefcfd075709e175af64 SHA-1: 254939c0e0d4db80c47ee6a0dccbd02623688a6f SHA-256: cf86afdf21be3d321e55e4f340ca0c3db571dc65400b96ff4dc0eb29d9f1588e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters in some URLs suggest an attempt to obscure the true malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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://hohsingfiber.com/ufiles/files/26758779536.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098367d83028---mimuperiwegifov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f19e82502b1e3483e4e6143940a9818/zijowuzikesivenejawufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reachcast.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a54e27b96e83963f3c5675f3671aed48/jotujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lacecinella.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/55437944086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/741d8109532406f49fe6c65df6ee4a72/62082005096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ljlconst.com/admin/images/file/80571727650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bephoangdung.vn/uploads/ckfinder/files/jifulelepepatoseji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansungsala.com/uploads/files/65398242312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidrealestate.com/public_html/userfiles/file/tizibatijavozewezolibez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://warraichmeats.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0b88c90fa---gosunosadomula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universal4shipping.net/userfiles/file/92970856521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4c42506612955d416407ff8d2229ed3/vexijedatolobupiwagekaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austria-ex.com/images/blog//file/78677158114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fiorenzuolatrack.it/userfiles/files/sowutelorab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chroscina.com/userfiles/file/wudofuwolifetodozewarejad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72733fb02812de78ca6de003b4a7c418/somaxazixolewuduzeveli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://childconnect.com/swi/fckfiles//file/mukitozuxibazofelon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089023431067---85515326693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10ebc494b0dabd31fb4552fd04a87d95/25038232922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078df759206f---57273170402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aec328b7608---11965939722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a42d3cc1cb1---84955154023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9c3d2380a3---48256460297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=worksheet+on+healthy+and+junk+food+for+grade+2PDF 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_off000115a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115A8 18584 bytes
SHA-256: 32840076d6b0bdeba7dd81a7d02fb5e893238da5d2e8202fe84e0cebb8c3863b
font_01_sfnt_off00014523.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14523 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015d3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15D3A 11092 bytes
SHA-256: ec31f5071bcd59d046ad3df6f6b9dbcf1db79e7477c0373a91c8b68ba33d7aff