Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf8b0cf7055e0115…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-08-04 02:21:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 63370eafe6d23ff84a43241a7116a74a SHA-1: 4dfdabd30eeb62b0ca51576cbf199caf65b920ce SHA-256: cf8b0cf7055e0115f3edbd468c8178dca6cf330ba5c70288829cc85c384194f5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+clean+printhead+on+hp+photosmart+plus+printer PDF link annotation
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/41353645086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.biz/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///15181322930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://project-lovcen.me/userfiles/file/wunowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0844067ea6a54cf440b32881045a3b91/tudawedodigulogov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/82541114073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71fgq41dgvaapuov344t848h53/murujojuzimajebifek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onellenorzes.com/uploads/files/3308098426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weingut-suppan.at/files/lamofobebarikamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bi2l3i9q25538iq33qkbufkt16/zokidanutitonofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajisushionline.com/uploads/files/rowadufumuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuswapladystriders.ca/userfiles/file/89168915114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af2943cdcd---gefajapab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb3ef4c1f27eb79135519c53207c41a7/31737437237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.com/images/file/15412721521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fuchscars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2436fc9b6af6589cbda914934bc8ae3e/36644787760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dapomefoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f06ff345a3---17758075357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b414363d3---19505441935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083bf78dbe66---39129532490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i6agkrlmha43uji06tuaj7u266/21143205769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/lowekulew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/57388041537.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_off0000f5e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5E2 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 7e96806c3554e9c874f7e76f35131d34c71d129e2c375c665b3093cc0efade96
font_01_sfnt_off00010f13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F13 16584 bytes
SHA-256: b60c84fd1e93d90ed303538e18051b47acfb5a0bca3c2b5d6da8898a2fc4e75e
font_02_sfnt_off000139f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1