Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cfc938f4c638d2ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.7 KB Created: 2021-09-12 14:02:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 3e428d4b60f1d0953869d3a6a5a6932f SHA-1: 430331d1ba6dcdf3c0a936ebab3144500eadf59d SHA-256: cfc938f4c638d2caef806da533616a52bc9dfd7bf0fc7194d2650bb5b935fd38
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/91610453863.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sake2metustin.com/uploads/files/rexolal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aesyq.xn--p1ai/files/file/fimudebinelaril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anabakorea.jp/userfiles/file/tojadaxukaridejijufumeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khanikango.in/file/sutejoxomefodifomemeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topclassgreenery.nl/images/file/92810211196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipnjl.com/userfiles/files/84969567142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://molenat-energies.fr/molenat.com/images/editor/file/pusefawanojer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138c10f60ce8---66212714134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ejdiug0bg605qqoevfttipomn2/padere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siblom.ru/files/upload/file/gixadurorovof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthimaycafe.vn/uploads/file/17701303656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westhigienia.hu/editor_up/besuxafufopifebozul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tupnate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27875169688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csp-pub.com/stockages/files/88384437125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de593187a05d5b29970c85ee1c44cd57/kekekefuxelozepipukoveniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161372faf288b7---84299131246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddnepal.com/assets/userfiles/files/suwonujazur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/63550493244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympiad-bigben.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/filitolajama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morganmethod.com/ci/userfiles/files/24317590083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/16027515529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613194e19096b---bagewugusegulifex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=farmville+2+tropic+escape+cheats+2020PDF 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_off0000af45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF45 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c75c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC75C 10820 bytes
SHA-256: a0776d1bade24e9e5f863751c398ba18fddba2c37e401fe4c91a323ad4848937
font_02_sfnt_off0000e061.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE061 14636 bytes
SHA-256: 5c823d31ad934987ca1265bbd81251689857e1fca42ee4f7333296b8620796ec