PDF malware analysis — malicious · cb2fad38eb27af8b

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 05:27:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16

MD5: 145741952a39c2328b836059a5641329 SHA-1: 9807b04dbd8ddf8e5b120e4788a304899ad6c057 SHA-256: cb2fad38eb27af8b7a63af70b9645e0283f951bd7b32fb9f697479b37c798938

164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on potentially compromised websites. These URLs are likely intended to deliver phishing content or further malware stages.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7613

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
PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED

The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
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 https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dmjjggvrteplc48sqqv3fou6e/11947534473.pdf In PDF document text
- http://ivankotov.ru/img/lib/file/41284102087.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://newabel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/junilerezim.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://acrclubinversores.com/files/galeria/files/62804918756.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://anmimar.com/royal/userfiles/file/47526998832.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://adamslakeband.org/userfiles/file/jitigoluweporirebevi.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://kalkulacka-hypo.cz/userfiles/files/tababu.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0193b37ae3e2f93b29984995a10f6e5a/ruzuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085867be8530---regowimupugexu.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/deroxatibatamipifomesab.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://classconnbio.com/img-jacson/files/15530572270.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://ekselantechnology.solutions/ckfinder/userfiles/files/podafufawaputiwefufodajo.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6027cebaac---39262414003.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/88517214325.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://hzzxtl.com/UploadFile/file/20210709202141907.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://evopizza.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39717579405.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.hangmandigital.com/files/file/52477085621.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9778f71df3ad4f5361ee247d7aa3c816/30481438532.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://12shio4.com/contents//files/bagudogepibil.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://shopabrang.com/images/files/kuwoni.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://rasathantrananotech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/danisum.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m8f2n497pm9ce49qrp8o8bfgu1/majawesafut.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=fundamentals+of+physics+halliday+8th+edition+pdfPDF link annotation
- 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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`font_00_sfnt_off0000c31c.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC31C	17708 bytes
SHA-256: `fd23f17b5d213fdd17872b4df90e5a793d5d03f9128da89b8c930fdd02dc936c`
`font_01_sfnt_off0000f1b0.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1B0	16792 bytes
SHA-256: `9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1`
`font_02_sfnt_off000109c7.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109C7	11184 bytes
SHA-256: `b84f180a4d096e91ce4ca2c68895c555f6d9f764b538479025d2b508064c9642`

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