Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb29077eb9c86c73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-21 10:28:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 907ece7b9f48c6a04a1e3a9f9ae27b8a SHA-1: 910ca3f9c69240fbfb2a6c7f7480f6a76ec5006d SHA-256: cb29077eb9c86c73e4fbfdfbda7ecc38689466600d53e1631210af8ac33065db
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external links, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised upload directories. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious content, a common tactic for phishing or malware delivery. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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://gyliver.ru/files/files/gavivib.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nujhimachal.in/img/uploads/files/pivemipalapolaladapeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwsalisbury.com/uploads/files/43874676561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regimhotelierbucuresti.com/images/userfiles/budagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://violetstudio.in/userfiles/file/94617874940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131ee3db0b6b---75421701222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doks-films.com/pcms/content/file/51543476428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kronospan-mofa.hu/editor_up/jawemizuzogalebijug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p953klprjkvvltdaf43nu9hut1/watovifozufewanogoxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b34086c2773f812ffc4b6877c001d042/32121803646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/jijaxoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpp300.fr/userfiles/file/mevizudiguroxeroba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoquimica.cl/dinamicos/uploads/file/43727790578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbancapital.com/file/files/fixovojoboregekimenebili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magicdiscoradio.hu/userfiles/file/vesivosekudezafuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tivafa.hu/upload/file/difipusaludevevubup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metallpress.info/files/26462494675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161394cfcd4090---xogurepinakodawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f192994217---jerejewibijenekunokeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocoachfox.com/userfiles/file/78513826009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soloparamideco.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/nuguzar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rts-3.ru/upload/files/50300297699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaudi.tw/upload/file/25066876374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clickvay.com/upload/files/45532545824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f26fb2558b---46040673720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agros.net/uploads/file/balufitewaribupepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=snooker+live+stream+freePDF 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_off0000ce3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE3C 18528 bytes
SHA-256: e9bcf9abc22a326e223a9ec300fa128de08cb85ce8200a1dc385111a0bdecb5b
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE71 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011688.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11688 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 9bc38609e18440b8ee43f60b6e9b917666e450e3d39e666762dceb29e962b52a