Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cfaf66654ed14061…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 17:25:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 774b10b9774ee46d044f09e29dad9dd9 SHA-1: 8e21356164a12322abb660c1bebc53cea0305918 SHA-256: cfaf66654ed14061414253b0c2348595397511dd0ab5c6376a8e68a649c2f62d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to act as a link farm, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://valeneighbors.com/userimages/83505614137.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123ced9cc523---wotalosisenudepomukuloka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holyfamilycyo.org/clients/37654/File/42166814470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1a25aa31cbc27250a9cc6032bda35cf/99017604343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f056468cc3---bedowezukoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--72c7caerxx0d3a9eve.com/UserFiles/File/kojodazubixulaponewif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcth.pl/media/fck/file/dusiluvedod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fobosgrunt.ru/files/ckfinder/files/vujazitofoluxazitofive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajaunited.com/contents//files/6286076512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ilimql20bblsvcgebdulbej5e/wewuzub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finances-canada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5e72c05d16bfef0e2b8fd3202b340d9/62337631393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekotop.eu/userfiles/file/wigesipuxedamusada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joy05.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/61381436219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorgubernamental.com/images/file/86785275975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778f903e464---24329809601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalaichau.com/files/30782481282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f35c5c88aa---64759203062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e42aece0639---nalabunamisuvepupidimoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.microsinusectomi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082989969eac---fabexalizafijezujazir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portakalweb.net/home/portakal/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lepadovatofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vaderotifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cea6162f443---70004676000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6da9ed248d7637b4866ef45c88f1084/87959185174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tempatpasang.com/contents/files/nisuzefur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=james+stewart+calculus+8th+edition+online+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_off0000c004.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC004 11268 bytes
SHA-256: 5323aeeae3e19090c57c64b619df014b90cf6a7c296002aaa4c3a10206644bbc
font_01_sfnt_off0000da59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA59 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f26b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF26B 16520 bytes
SHA-256: feca18cbce73089ec29bf234ea621b3acdf0046713cec68a7267ed21b9ce042e