Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cfbf218066da653e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-08-19 08:12:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b5510a4b2f48c3b3d343498a9aa4bbcd SHA-1: c81b721a0e2426a92e74806317e80da1f6ee4102 SHA-256: cfbf218066da653e73b313866df875eca337b976dea9e281f74ce481020e63e4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=um+alagana+kangal+audio+song+download+mp3 PDF link annotation
    • https://beatmuellerfoto.ch/userfiles/files/13558266354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kokuxerabisofunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40b48ca7ad659c065645086dfc7983f0/nabilebibozove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuhenganquan.com/userfiles/file/20210813134311_1866124517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latework.cz/soubory/xorubedorogagakomim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c43b671de6f01f2d67f390198c5d108c/pomafigivid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccarbotosani.ro/userfiles/file/xedogukima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jabta8sl40g3lb7k6ao0idpru2/9193480096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camberwelltaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/zurorugajusabogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fsbulletsandbrass.com/userfiles/files/zusamaluvux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unsersohn.ch/images/file/waxofez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9df90c4d45c26a7c822a15131dca0d07/95188066152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160805f7ac66e7---fuwujirijumiwabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bona-agra.pl/Upload/file/53664843513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6c44e7eddf---virumizezigukibekelonag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b4b610a91d---71883834916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63cbe172b953c84e2665ba1b0f15e475/fuzogonuvarojufatomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3aceb661652b04e82c8be2039623ae45/49186479873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erpsamik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jefadanunojirikesutoguze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f1187bfc04c397b47469a0e390d8e0b/25805062361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xlsferrosilicon.com/d/files/43390769343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://93564497.com/userfiles/58293513422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5hou3i3ndm9hd15dudmaa5vpbg/90519184130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9883e5dd5c81f63dd56fa0dfff5ef8b/64470525800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b6fca3488810627c14e70f8164bfa53/sitegitaxopufeduzili.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_off0000d4bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ecce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECCE 15996 bytes
SHA-256: d6491e8ec608bde8c0e0cb297c5f808fc23e4a723dcd2e32f0bb068943329764
font_02_sfnt_off00011671.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11671 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 13d63f999d51487812ff302b7571bdec789cd2147773d6f9fe46c66d810ab9c2