Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cfee327d684d3476…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.6 KB Created: 2021-09-30 12:57:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 70bbeca300a422b0db32e6bf2e0a803b SHA-1: 2d403f84b4f6e18c5e470d9a5a4ad89b0e554ae2 SHA-256: cfee327d684d3476417a9e333931914fffd2cf8aa875ef408b7cc34f99535738
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or initiating malicious actions. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. This suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely initiated via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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 http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613091dd4993f---64148116989.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://studiolegalezullo.eu/userfiles/files/supawamuxudamunijigakuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refoca.cenacat.org/yiicms/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zojemuverolar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140c4005804a---xexin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c99abf08a5---doboxanole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16150c0d478bd6---regexoriwoweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161311f55703fe---zebolap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratco-hardware.com/Ups/files/wemadiluje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teenmag.cz/userfiles/file/vosipobebaniwanukoxafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/jutovupubegisavilud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmoscm.com/contents/files/49335959000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newmob.it/userfiles/files/46947444828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariondhuique-mayer.com/data/file/69576043848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roberlo.cz/www/files/file/dakikifegavig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aluminial.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44040780172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132c27d0752f---39835988340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614075d387129---bimagafirazularivotubel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgwealthplanner.com/crm/files/82116424788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://crownprolaw.com/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/nomomusix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/nonifupefidonijelumunet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zochrot.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kovewupewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongthamnguoc.vn/img/files/30683801224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blsautomation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kozafakinorubiwowopawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angel-conference.org/upload_fck/file/2021-9-22/20210922193420279118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=clear+cache+and+cookies+android+phonePDF 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_off0000afe9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFE9 14576 bytes
SHA-256: 56d98c28d15ae4450f75480b8d9da8a9b6548d2ebeeb524665a44528ad84adac
font_01_sfnt_off0000d484.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD484 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC9B 10636 bytes
SHA-256: f35e90ea02e5b8a264039fd6dc09da44b3758c4be87c4d0826ac9e0ef2c0735b