Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb37d4d5e72e94f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-08-07 04:18:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: fdd1a10493b79f96da78aa2e83e42069 SHA-1: 531f57b3af9fd392d5a0b5a020de35917c03617c SHA-256: cb37d4d5e72e94f7d3cd6f5c327de0e8391ca264dd810aab357bf7ca7306aebd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the redirection or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+miracle+worker+questions+and+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://topnotchimports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luneninagudewuraxanipebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerbreadvillage.org/clients/e/e3/e396b250b60561adcb946853f9f62e29/File/28134966357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c14b99a3af8---jiwegudigomajar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/97408582932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e20bdf91178591608f9ba31d57ccb6c8/55162355340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ameshamagazine.com/js/upload/files/411961466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.net/upfiles/file/zeguzivivusewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f48ebef9bb---82257540325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/defelatemolonujovopoweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaitosushisb.com/uploads/files/votogemonixumosunor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bb1e04efa6---pebizunipoforot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iece.in/userfiles/file/32533288798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melly-incendie.fr/img_db/29045910533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humanitool.ru/userfiles/file/8938885293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/43339870742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bet-balance.com/userfiles/file/seniso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upbfassadenbau.com/upload/file/vabubokufamowezurowew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa0b99eea03---99426200726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vintageguitar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kugejitefisuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e948192c2---xozis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/30049317773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.communityheroesproject.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848b01464bb---tevikarufibiziponunor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-luczak.pl/new/fck_user_files/file/zuwalevusosaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurskodkb.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/xugalujeb.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_off0000caee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAEE 16440 bytes
SHA-256: 44c1ef2211962aad340a8af97b646d6c4dc21c56864639ca7bcb25f70bf3d504
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ded.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DED 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 07ebf6a3f13017b408fd076bd4abd9d14ab12fd14e48f0b52317d196d71a4a2e