Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cfb617193f08e3a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 22:44:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 6788355428c48e9aba61029334797e89 SHA-1: 25ebf29d0d807cb0a39913e709b6a7eeb4bd5cb3 SHA-256: cfb617193f08e3a14f0d11b9886fcb676c4f12184da5db74f29f57b95676e090
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM indicate these links are designed to lead users to download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079497b9855b---lorup.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://iberia-ex.com/images/blog//file/lerubemefeliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tdpe70q2rmtkdtfe93dbtjaasv/pisaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/198fa75ab4783287e2627b027b1d1e7a/53667946880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happysmilecard.com/uploads/files/89812368428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/70468925327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb4a4b1dd09---39944057378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://underbutter.cz/download/foto/xomobojopokula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alacarte-grafik.de/userfiles/file/66467439697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glavis.biz/userfiles/file/29505807175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suadienlanhhanoi.net/upload/files/4477381921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788bec1adac---35728623217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a7cf79b186---kadezobaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxtarget.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13658562765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kozmetikadunakeszi.hu/userfiles/file/xejuganobasanirafokukigov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiemtoanhaiphong.vn/upload/files/36346780989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/kowabafikovavinujite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbeloosschinkels.be/userfiles/file/jidafowaxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b118a85f5a7e59e75b4a9b22d8d0ad0/jefovikiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qt8l335q2187ijptr01muha873/92503053048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071815279db8---vovawunilodud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ashokarefrigeration.com/userfiles/file/13381886058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00918be375c670de28e3758ae2c820e1/xapomato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alev.az/userfiles/file/90380165850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=merkury+doorbell+camera+manualPDF 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_off0000d58b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD58B 17212 bytes
SHA-256: 182de6dfdf64734840c6792e48ea75ca5933a3dd6fc999508507c2f8ecab456b
font_01_sfnt_off000102a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011aba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ABA 10612 bytes
SHA-256: f00c7401ad45fab139d8aaafa25d5aaed2681dd5488e3e9bbf59a0be1a136c52