Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb018c4b14b61f51…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-07-12 17:37:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 371cab1eeaf9f2d5e312fd048556ff4a SHA-1: 1ee6276cb7a64a6ae2fc690557a545e42769df05 SHA-256: cb018c4b14b61f517fc9e64b68a3f5353dd18f4ccd65e4bafdf7ea728fd0ba10
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF 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 or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination or leverage compromised infrastructure. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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://growlink.biz/userfiles/file/liruguzigadakukudidor.pdf
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/202162888133055.pdf
    • http://webbuilders.com/files/file/namobolafifomojejozipepid.pdf
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/225d2b3106572e593295481d96e51275/runutimadi.pdf
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fcffd7499a---risijoduwoxerovu.pdf
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/ruvuxovolader.pdf
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32f784919c4a5479a8bdebc6d4b323fc/38778102075.pdf
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7mi2tbfg9sqtu2fks21ps0ovse/kiziv.pdf
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c975b327b0b6212a87d4f66aa510266f/wuwemuguwumuwogita.pdf
    • https://kozhikodedeaf.org/admin/my_files/file/44523594021.pdf
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/digadozin.pdf
    • https://amenajarisiconstructii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e7a24b625---53950098779.pdf
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c4fe27350---vadupijogiwevim.pdf
    • https://elmaga.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/51863743316.pdf
    • http://toonesk.com/upload/47554088718.pdf
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/muxujer.pdf
    • https://eastmanllc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36380714853.pdf
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/890ddc22b2bd4e5442c79e0389ecd17d/goduzaxaxu.pdf
    • http://greaterdeliveranceministries1.com/clients/61527/File/zimapenenasurazibiki.pdf
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095c53793762---wudogu.pdf
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df3424fd37---25888981088.pdf
    • http://domeinbeverdonk.be/assets/files/file/30222368352.pdf
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2c9fa6f235---93942304010.pdf
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e11ef2cd4365aad91dd62098bc702951/12224002775.pdf
    • https://manenshop.com/upload/files/48175014622.pdf
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4jkk0nq4opo60725id9kcn4j7g/lolepatuwolunuvereg.pdf
    • http://edu-family72.ru/content/images/uploads/file/35218863903.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=hip+labral+tear+repair+recovery
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fd1c.bin
bcd69d97d01dc004c0ce5ad34c013b604d0e9c07d8c9a7afb2f740619eabdaec
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD1C 16552 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000127f6.bin
a4fb318c072ac467afd8cc6bd6cfecec1986a5d1fa35706a3ed471ded97667af
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127F6 10404 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013f71.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F71 16792 bytes