Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cace75f783ea93b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-07-28 13:44:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 0ba12b7360af53db28530ab401f50383 SHA-1: c469c85a2ba8e54284f7d3d102bb46663247fede SHA-256: cace75f783ea93b2dd5ec437db0160c0492d3f85526e78c1ca9853839a7fa94d
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple disposable hosting sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phish for credentials. The heuristic 'SE_SECURITY_BYPASS' indicates the document may also instruct users to disable security software, further increasing the malicious intent. The ClamAV detection confirms its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Security software disable instruction high SE_SECURITY_BYPASS
    Document instructs the user to disable antivirus or security software — unusual for ordinary documents and high-risk in an unsolicited file
  • 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://jhdjt.com/images/upload/File/34252710819.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bclbgv3l333kh8736rgtkjdrv/64532542682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa616955ee761d782718eef2a8d22477/wabesosapelobomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/pofoxejuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/300a6044125ac075fbf4f01893dd55bf/97811279935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f08c0f03f8---zepaxutopanomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://randalljroutson.com/clients/44711/File/77450366099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jatyn.cn/upfiles/202105/file/1620867455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2-140-swe8h.xn--p1ai/files/jawituzinemuzoleran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2042edbfaf---67022242261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87dce3be8d14fc858a333187b8ae1e6c/jekisoladumugelimag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callalilyvn.com/upload/files/lejobipafomopisejovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3katusgb7etvluq5fr20drtja3/pefapimarinadifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recrute.fr/files/files/43395895494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sujanapagudepuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3e4dee919---lalalumonafolifudoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viermaalh.nl/Bottesteyn/Site/afbeeldingen/file/79254386626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://posekatzahradu.cz/files/file/nadinujotudividejawixamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodgesmageefamilyreunion.com/clients/c/c9/c95619ca3ec29dd030dc8935b97378d4/File/liwesilinimumilenevokep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/113c93d6bd3f172a60f7ec43f88382cd/tenogafaravelifupodebek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protechlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/098ddfa9a376505e3f5514b6b0d74744/67196532664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=baixar+proshow+producer+9+crackeado+portuguesPDF 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_off0000eb54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB54 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010366.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10366 19668 bytes
SHA-256: f55a07897837bad2839daff4f816c8c98a4cf71f1d05157276d14fcd744b2b1e
font_02_sfnt_off00013461.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13461 11244 bytes
SHA-256: e0aa553259be138c58c16fec5d44b6459c07f9451da16117e0dacf82f02a31a4