Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf87ea4d1dfc63ab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 16:01:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8041215bdc10db231ee915a76489179e SHA-1: a1800e9b802451c09d157c51c775b736bed3891b SHA-256: cf87ea4d1dfc63aba8e3324ea22c86c23cf4584929d07c8fcfb5ccb6930a803a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to external websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or redirecting users to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting further analysis of the specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbe8857264ba62a5c63575ef04e5a9ed/88321359423.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://maslag.eu/userfiles/file/buguzigutusepukasejudodip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioagronomoserragiotto.eu/userfiles/files/vemumixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adbf55c2549---90121695557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventss.ru/userfiles/files/zepowobituz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160790bc32cbfc---gagoxumuzanoduvewapuxozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamasia.net/upload/files/vojes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnp-studio.com/fckeditorfiles/file/48973293642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nppmaudaha.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92929586369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cj565mkkc1ldba4uio45qj0p7t/naweko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wintechindia.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49247142542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro-ex.com/images/blog//file/30920965000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geofer.eu/userfiles/files/wajurix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myshalewell.com/userfiles/file/73720130724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irrisyst.eu/files/file/38764623292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/xobagaduvadobijagadije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1r13fvfu41v6veenaav3qpqbjs/22331390473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c2f8b58f2---fazaroserosuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bbd1480e25718bfddb5f21c99aa1f48/34436419179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tremonttemplemacon.com/clients/862779/File/bebeparidinutoridoseza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elard-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sufukadawidegabigawido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d7d8f7da1f---86463909343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b041ca2b34---wazugomukofipalijenemofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i669cf5j9r60ioqohrksk9aqra/66930330286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d17002b23c---refudozujovobebapeborekiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=nerds+book+4+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_off0000bf1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF1C 10276 bytes
SHA-256: 25186883f57608012461a1ecdfa6e76295c54e3b51c80372121fd169bcce403d
font_01_sfnt_off0000d625.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD625 17084 bytes
SHA-256: fc70bbf9d42b2d77f8c386b201b208ab19002b50e5315760676261e54b2e1e70
font_02_sfnt_off00010246.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10246 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1