Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cb529cbb2ae3bad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-22 15:17:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 71d1aba4ff04ed0f7b583b5e2ea0447a SHA-1: 9d8c63e50d2f8487795b616b3f476769e0f631f6 SHA-256: 8cb529cbb2ae3bad1bb4748989a117d1b234fb86138c03978856abf980cf4082
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to various domains, including compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or distribute payloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://sm300159.agchost.com/userfiles/files/sewape.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://travelbilet.ru/sites/default/files/file/47674183601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getampedmag.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/liruzuzilaruliratuwopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giltmorestukko.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25803557450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1ad9311712ebd74c3fe0045043d806c/wifumisakobitefenajuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldarim.ir/basefile/hoteldarimir/files/bafim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gbsr1odonppv5panecsd369qt7/99081778887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nistd.in/userfiles/file/motavajorefiviwitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/47526401121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d4dfd85c1b---nowakabefarulalogidapib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://questyme.com/userfiles/file/farofozevomugowuzonurutet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1agpbmdtf.xn--p1ai/upload/file/vetewiliparubis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crimesla.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/51542920897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deopendeur.org/imgUser/file/3343577720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resumesfromabove.com/userfiles/file/7871701445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interiorconsignments.com/media/file/luzamudinixezok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1akwe.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/43983980871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tid.vn/upload/files/65781186959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur2.com/contents/files/18196383934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140ba3d44688---55345015523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/no292ei80miidk2do7qjqo8m31/xuvewiberakizoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aneri12.eu/res/file/7777243500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=after+we+fell+movie+release+date+trailerPDF 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_off0000bb85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB85 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 2cc80f0bfac88bd329440606e1134ba72f3d1b0ce2afc302921598f07146f256
font_01_sfnt_off0000d3a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3A4 17056 bytes
SHA-256: 7e0482206cec84b1e26c5221bea3b46813baa3ce391b78269b8ca9e7b88c1333
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF81 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1