Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cfbe3d50962164d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-08-07 13:05:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 52db70dfe21b1b12e04d1ab7aabe6e91 SHA-1: 94ac134e85e803853d16dfbb49cc1274781db202 SHA-256: cfbe3d50962164d280ff190a88e8ba2f143dac924d8f673cf6e5135abd8cfafd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is classified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains a high number of embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The PDF structure itself is heavily obfuscated, and while no scripts were explicitly extracted, the overall pattern indicates a phishing or downloader attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/2875550618.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/tuzuluzupinezitofur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/shtj82q93l58jcil39t529h1gi/tegazedapasajuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s2ohivsemurbn62u76cn0kb403/37025502899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac6b252e4e3---69110739481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmbbq.com/uploads/files/25144399496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/669e103e6a1f6ef19c9c09351e75664b/gamodubupabokuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topas.lt/userfiles/file/jomimapapiguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bcab908c5b---dulanalamefudida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfg9tt445eiqcmpdd8juahipc0/xojonujagavosamunufes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativitagh.com/pevron/www/img/file/10795675715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spalovnachemolak.sk/userfiles/file/revaxibetozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5i3ibjhq8a2i1qhpomiar1k2p/12352388009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/9146376015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masterref.ru/editorfiles/file/kilov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-10/20210610000113227708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsarvn.com/media/ftp/file/wilegowizugulagakudalete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5b35470606---zonetek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-0411.com/userfiles/file/20210714090224_3992yw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd8047f61a---95204635972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dc25964f9b---41205881619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d597a3b8cda8116cfb07b4fe74c522b1/61561498146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b47ad71919a6a310ded85b9b3f2f203/30287794752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=does+belly+fat+burner+cream+workPDF 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_off0000efe7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFE7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000107fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107FE 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 6ec7d2c06236d612ca3837f16247d2a135113d2f52a56b5a1159b6d003d4924c
font_02_sfnt_off00012181.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12181 17168 bytes
SHA-256: 7b9dcc83ba7cc9a9a5e31e1e3bd173d42fe2eec262ae84fa35312bfbf3d8ef0c