Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cfe539acf1fad648…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 14:53:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8d7e126d5f1974c84177b1a779aaecb1 SHA-1: fcc0909c991544b0b8346888a283d4497b4ce100 SHA-256: cfe539acf1fad648e8be2a24d77fd8d18827db4c6c86bcff0deeac1b533ca485
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+remove+wax+from+glass PDF link annotation
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hptd4h85ob542qi830jfsqsf1u/xemulitisewofevogolufas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cm85lro5vtga8sneps1h3kqba/82130580268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mt-filtration.com/uploaded/file/81316196660d07fbd2d308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuzfarm.ru/images/file/wupofuseboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rocksoliddesigns.biz/userfiles/file/xixosezegeradofek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/bovetuvirubum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/11091977231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/puzarowivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.info-service.com.tw/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89935308386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/enqjtapkoi4ut07nkh4q749j4c/jujokovebusaridare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliceinformaticasrl.com/user/pages/patatixozemakamasofadofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harom.ro/files/file/57047297090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d555670bc1f400df79682739a906c97/wudezelotupuxosubevaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tivicom.vn/upload/files/xotogurot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hitourkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210807_08845B7785F36860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1f0f7886c3---28287756346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teechart.com/uploads/images/files/34017075305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oishisushigd.com/uploads/files/73916600060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delve-cr.com/uploads/22492252534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartvoicecom.com/userfiles/8215702276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackhorsesc.pl/userfiles/file/4459190361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salinasouth.com/clients/11073/File/gutokapatun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec21403bc319af5d2d2abe56bdf4fff3/8340593920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mlkscholarshipsmilwaukee.org/clients/f/f0/f021f13c5c598389be7e913a1ae626ff/File/32982339990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7384babf58---27674607458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a75f09cedb1---moxifusibanigisabedetibi.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_off0000ee92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE92 17472 bytes
SHA-256: b21e1b385b9c199de2b749dbc60b26455b669a9573482cea691a5ba0e592290e
font_01_sfnt_off00011bb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BB3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000133ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133CA 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 06168a48691cb6ffd5d084afb9cb43389ae0ae2612b3c420c4a888f50967bf55