Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf86d26f44cf2d52…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-11 05:58:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 2ac501bd6588b520f5c3e6e846de861a SHA-1: f7a6e403e0c310ba51fbc88502287b556cf385fd SHA-256: cf86d26f44cf2d523bf2fb7f42dc5cc0123bee2b31db0accb78cd09c31f4d775
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a phishing or social engineering lure.

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://postelezmasivu-zlin.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuturalokedalixulus.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://geriatriccarenewjersey.com/userfiles/files/fuvibusujoredokemelukot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/44476684743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://showplus.ae/userfiles/files/didab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161369ef8ef03f---ledonopeguxirexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ed5842cff3---paxegepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoscm.zohukum.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63288013274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poptheme.cn/uploadfile/files/20210906_022312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fetogram.com/images/upload/files/90298282329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4grd.com/cmsimages/file/13044615011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.plan.msu.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vojujifumiwupabesikubex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dpsszczytno.pl/photo/file/7799588042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bk-plus.at/userfiles/files/vutasupuribagulikijoxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beming.com/ressource/site-image/files/baravo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mehfermobilsaglik.com/userfiles/file/46840342279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharajohnscreek.com/sites/default/files/file/99698564484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartraoptics.com/fck_filemanager_upload/file/68183796338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greatwalledmond.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rirevexivanazudaxobuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bancasemecanino.com/userfiles/files/77645170729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/tavowuwumezedijem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bde008e06f---32483501606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rougezenekar.hu/files/file/wegudifotofusezovomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longbeach.ilovepokebar.com/uploads/files/77308868867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161303aa3520ec---30231196640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=grand+theft+auto+vice+city+download+android+1PDF 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_off0000e580.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE580 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 6341d78aea12541b0d12def116a1366c52c393d7c0d4a0a82d91ca05b77061c5
font_01_sfnt_off0000fea0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEA0 17252 bytes
SHA-256: 48247757549a564d967ba49d5b442ac6070e40e37475500d6bca9bf30301ae14
font_02_sfnt_off00012b1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B1B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1