Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1cba83012a8073a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-08-18 04:48:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: ba6fba50afaebfeb7403c654fc4b387a SHA-1: bb7e8589c2bf3b5ac16a59ac374afca3ea0cad1e SHA-256: 1cba83012a8073a91c0130538cc05b8ecadecebeef70b45055088a0cb2e9917f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://bscsaoner.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13426189993.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a58617a9e88e53a2a95a322f7954c54c/xalorijipudeposu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be6a990f65---76894361798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spy-military-labs.com/userfiles/file/56231238246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddeebc4020e---90657371570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoltysnieg.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/feluwebonavesefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bc4fbbb3b24c3d2a2c5cb74568dbdc9/86048245868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97dde16b1674945eb86706475345f7bf/newezevaronibirutek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikuma-car.com/js/upload/files/ruwipasazagowomogutesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurenhanger.nl/userfiles/file/xedagufaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/88589866962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broodjedenbosch.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78787565588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160872c305a304---24407709911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b784a48acdb6f248401f5c024bbdefdd/letigosasazamisajonemusub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9f6ae0df66ddbb2d4b6ebb418fef4ae/satiparol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/13142693003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.info/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///paxuzekeredimazonuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/nozegisovotonodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/80120034785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f125910e6f---kilemitab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/boo5uvqcvk7dn6c68n2hepivru/10209017082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a67fbcc9375e95e66cea9f3fa9feba05/mopubufipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b73e28ed8f---jogituzafonek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79286b68fde64b1a72a4b8198a916869/bidogelexorozobozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+0.7+repeating+as+a+fraction+in+simplest+formPDF 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_off0000cb6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB6C 15632 bytes
SHA-256: a4eec2aba946038412e10f2e826941822e31d3da130c591baed8bd8e0fca558b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f390.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF390 11156 bytes
SHA-256: 527ddb6cf7b64f788e4851f6430a8e0502be484b67ca75c94caf60e3d59f66ec
font_02_sfnt_off00010d89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D89 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1