Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cfe2163e787dcfcd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

112.4 KB Created: 2021-07-18 04:43:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ab82251878737d4016e8c7a80e79d14b SHA-1: b80e6613b87589eb3c285ae1cc32910a22203ae1 SHA-256: cfe2163e787dcfcd6b6eabb0ee94c6dd4dbd08e6730a546f51dca90d53a1e4a5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is unreadable binary data, providing no direct clues to the lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9868

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://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f3ea2d915223eeb8fd99c402be8e70d/bazalufoluzozepulidosoja.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://clean-ecology.com/Upload/files/levidufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f2b0262042---58413814643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b6e358a85e424cf30f4e73ce82961b8/50272326668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/garulujes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thechelseaff.com/user_uploads/files/52449837558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb3a51e1acd77a752c0dd334c779b06c/mopuzutatetamemoruru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160733a93273e1---ginesudavunovabev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cayxaotamphan.net/userfiles/image/file/95149262416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0e64e0fe1e---60872341732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/98832304414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/39897402600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masini-de-ambalat.ro/images/userfiles/74019012188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hungthanhauto.com/luutru/files/gatajepawuwuwilinige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centrons.com/uploaded/file/12654041060d2e0bfd4a9c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de4kclffputddn9rgf9dkejf4a/1381023494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee4c59eb6c6b5c55a67412de27392806/punazamotidojerinarudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d32e4760935---viteziwejekofular.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readandenjoy.ae/userfiles/files/vixita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xedaptheduc.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/85363057065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usmleworkout.com/files/file/39056488059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/merumobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a71ed004bc5---vufisubapemis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072dc95b6f26---tugaxikiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=kingdom+hearts+two+become+onePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00012a4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A4C 12084 bytes
SHA-256: 6904a9b36ba4b60ad15b34085c04a4d7e7f130922d4f50928cf2e53e5cabdb02
font_01_sfnt_off00015200.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15200 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016a17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A17 10988 bytes
SHA-256: 830335a4c160089d232a74b239f166a12bb464725f43a0a681ce2f6d01a8e7f8
font_03_sfnt_off00018346.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18346 18340 bytes
SHA-256: 250acd80d44306f032f97ee5dd2bb12abac2950e182e2d019e9e9e42dd3c2d95