Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb028d7def705ddd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-07-04 10:47:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 23fbfc5a59d0b9ddf04fe541d34cfd4c SHA-1: e57600dc20df33d8216be864d3c29798dae17b7d SHA-256: cb028d7def705ddda47224085dca91fe940ce3e0bd4e491517d81d9a74f0ef63
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/80085790049.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085cf957f476---6825227088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f27df9145206d932b2b78e2d986075f5/70760252229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enterpriselighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a1bcfccb0afc5d5d3360fe8c3ead231/xadufajufijupuximadujum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0388388994---tonoseravelulemasaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbs-group.co/userfiles/files/tunezibizolumazoruvis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab7031d1a57---zejasinano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/79507857728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b192e7188---jatovujifesiramosalex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercygrand.ru/files/file/10255963051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/mubuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58d94d2b65aed44f582f2b725ae99405/20507221698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d781bedf19e---20046078951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morabia.fi/images/file/2783286893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9c4a0bb2f78bea3dacbdb0334d229b2/5731805383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handbook.hu/upload/page/file/murebesudawolinejuxape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vrieshorst.nl/images/uploads/file/kisavuzadiwatula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720bea1f4f7---94659183043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wulozozufoxuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/77609415610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc12f1dfe2081aa7fe704e7222607f93/67491776059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nyitotthaz.hu/userfiles/files/19433951285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=upsc+prelims+2019+official+answer+keyPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17afcfc8e8ae494a7f634c7371e79e9b/4596893819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000fd22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD22 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011539.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11539 11304 bytes
SHA-256: 3a5ea1c5454339e892cb1e5c3b01d14a223823e19f050b333659e09d3d651037
font_02_sfnt_off00012fe7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FE7 17452 bytes
SHA-256: db47a452ebbe034540be56f3dc40a7a424539ce1816d7fc8b0a40803d5fdeac5