Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cfaa62b63343958f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-08-07 05:37:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 6236e8e590c304c54696c67474597aa1 SHA-1: 713bbc1a9fa2ee91c5eaafafe2058b5e7fd64e8f SHA-256: cfaa62b63343958f84d13feb70fd00127c218d621eef900df7d5d7697f721719
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users. The numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggest a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination, likely a phishing page or malware download server.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=semiologia+porto+pdf+gratis PDF link annotation
    • https://feniks9.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60746518159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/nanijepunavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://storemisr.com/uploads/files/zusosawatoxowuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2cf722de20ffb6e73c366a0b71a64f3/77024883167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphabodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/nazobarorolobubaparu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rymwid-training.com/userfiles/file/8050030913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72jc02beg243fv6jgii30kdq41/99947664278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f63c382bcb---nibodepifowigus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naitikfashions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zowetalad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/55003828271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cd28b75952---pewekuniso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skvely-kup.cz/files/file/11668930537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/150d5814883b8ec0b8179d894c773eb8/verekiduvagelebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e20be1c75---digesubinolisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/gowebelenixifizavofuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cj3cn5u18l9i6240cejlk6j184/50702733916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://darshanam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zixugizapurowuwodila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f60e6ed2fb---76102675064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d3e8209e0---mutogufipelexikepefiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78c7f7de9579f7b8e297dde7dbd643e5/rijonegugajodiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/clnmrhpo6a6hp5v1ilc6nepfcn/lafebezejifipuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kozelskadm.ru/files/uploads/files/51605880380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df49d986369bcbdab921aadca6636c20/33215295058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xolexatuxedezatipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa928930e6---85785301097.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_off0000da16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA16 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f228.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF228 19736 bytes
SHA-256: f954768e919b3a7baa458d4d0ecdd7445086ccf4ef512f69e5d925bd7b996468
font_02_sfnt_off000122b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122B5 10812 bytes
SHA-256: b6d36c9e7d741a255d50bb0f55085acff7b832edf299dc35687053417ab4d5f6