Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb19695f30129588…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-23 12:12:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: c6478301a55b59457c2d274bcbb1c267 SHA-1: b6beef9211ae1ce537e97bf3342fa032369ccc60 SHA-256: cb19695f301295881f1236e2dc20b5e98da90dc32b00490ca51802012ce40b18
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing malicious actions or further redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://15449010.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210908_47CA29F8E596B344.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jdjcnc.com/upfolder/e/files/20210903092343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblo.com/app/webroot/img/files/51300006584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/kadekavutajizawodadivaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilahomedesign.com/userfiles/files/21041063120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trisad.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/makutepaxegakosul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voijin.com/userfiles/files/mofij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesei.com/In PDF document text
    • http://medicalproduct.hu/images/files/vomab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ingatlanfelugyelet.hu/uploads/file/63193590602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s-oil.hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/wenatotelomad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hugslock.com/app/webroot/img/files/xukijinezolopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e53imesmm3h3qgkr6ujannau2q/mosuxepubosutujugopemel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://value.ae/userfiles/file/dinarewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cobrawire.com/userfiles/files/38669271886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qlionshousing.ca/userfiles/file/90303758736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://openendrep.com/userfiles/files/zigasilukubijus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palmdale.thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/91879184931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autokolcsonzoszolnok.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/veneforelituder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piti.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/85384879881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ltmetal.com/userfiles/files/26478341466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d7518c7793---rixaxolotanibakiripafiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsgpj.com/upfolder/e/files/20210904231324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osteriailgalloelinnamorata.com/userfiles/files/sejixatepifepafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b959bbb170cc2bf1806fa634d57184d6/57543738522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=mario+kart+ds+usa+romPDF 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_off0000d676.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD676 10312 bytes
SHA-256: 3f0736241b168b5b9a25c99b37a7c1fa42fe0567eda775167a5abf91aa8a5994
font_01_sfnt_off0000edc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDC4 16828 bytes
SHA-256: 4b104394767a9a97b6037eaf9550445913351d7b3158306029197fba51f8181d
font_02_sfnt_off00011934.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11934 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1