Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cacbd8f9ec9bc996…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.2 KB Created: 2021-07-03 13:48:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bd3b2c0701e0f2dba40ae90fb42ba414 SHA-1: f3d9fac69056bcbe338ee410973a831b0013e796 SHA-256: cacbd8f9ec9bc9962170b8b929d1f7fbe881ac745de41550c5504c70ae03ab98
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9887

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hello+there+meaning
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a01601d2dac---wukonupokirubupufu.pdf
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d22f728de---xulifaredukenifove.pdf
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160854244a5dcc---duselez.pdf
    • http://magooferta.pl/uploads/fck/file/25303131997.pdf
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbbcd61e32e---16346107380.pdf
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5fcc9dacaf9632bb95d7d38f480e94e/32750194017.pdf
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b39e74a699452fea2887b780d8396cca/kajuletewuzefonevoxenevi.pdf
    • http://canvangdientu.com/images/file/mezaxomilufiwet.pdf
    • https://hosvagyok.hu/userfiles/file/wogexiworesemi.pdf
    • http://phongkhamducphuc.net/images/files/9508257985.pdf
    • http://artospace.com/pics/file/41369037969.pdf
    • http://bayernglobal.de/userVZ//file/xivopojuzade.pdf
    • https://liderpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/wuzoserifatimuzu.pdf
    • https://facades-et-traditions.com/actualites/file/vukogelelam.pdf
    • http://elijasprojekts.lvfiles/file/77016600962.pdf
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zemukuximomenulatix.pdf
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d5ed4f629---rizajaxirurarobupazugeba.pdf
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07k80eura0ba5mf50ka3v6v5fh/62660506202.pdf
    • https://kamarkosong.com/contents//files/77995999541.pdf
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b17822bd9ef---15746388540.pdf
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a8ff7b6861---wogusewizorivafe.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e96893fc4---54026386453.pdf
    • http://bajcsidavidfoto.com/_user/file/kifomapobonubefiz.pdf
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dde1a36adb---49400893996.pdf
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c379b909551---68808885533.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_005_off00015e79.bin
eea3150cc4835201a4aa106e0e2cdc9533227c7a03fd708339bf367ffa27a2f9
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x15E79 24788 bytes
font_00_sfnt_off000100dd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100DD 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000118f4.bin
ca08d4749c7300dd621880b75c142717603b60ba9c0e425ce286aac687941a14
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118F4 10380 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013025.bin
3f32e4fca671ef16ee8a19e4c22cf1abac3d99702c4edd9626d7618037d8dd0b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13025 17652 bytes