Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb3c84db9c22ec3d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.5 KB Created: 2021-09-29 07:06:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 4675352f3d0772b43d28f74b712790f5 SHA-1: ee87b31bbfd36ed068ca4cada4d9707accc29ff0 SHA-256: cb3c84db9c22ec3d4e50d5f0fed09b452ac05a95b86e3c0d9355d9d0480e0ee6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with high-severity heuristics indicating it contains algorithmically generated URLs and links to compromised CMS uploads. The PDF structure and numerous external links suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further payloads. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF's nature strongly implies an attack pattern involving malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://dehaventransportation.com/home/de/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ligusitow.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://puginternational.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuvekaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novamakine.com/upload/ckfinder/files/67149888981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cb81997ce359b2c8811856e50f4c83c/29224669837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://directopinion.biz/uploads/FCK_files/file/fifokezakudemowupon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariekevanvlierden.nl/survey/userfiles/files/bunawutifaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brs.jo/userfiles/files/wetudewizafinujage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chilepools.com/contents/files/46339967075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-tms.com/uploadpic/xw/files/3612016330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ecaed693f8---jilonuxufawuburuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jainfarms.com/uploads/2302723255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7adecb42b362ec9405447df1cabe4a1/wazazetizemelizilugogasox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyallcanada.ca/editor_files/file/bedademaxeninuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tradotel-riviera.com/file/retiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intranet.uts.edu.co/portal/app/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40053409606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adian.eus/files/galeria/files/82313176227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astmasme.com/userData/board/file/fevexepiluwezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liftsystems.ro/LiftFiles/file/51321107813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/janevegunolezekaraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d4cb5d5160---75801061798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://8foro.exceltur.org/exceltur_nuevo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57285813518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161529dea6506d---beletoporejebosarutewowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140942515690---davevafarudogowan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetfanini.eu/userfiles/files/fupadef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=honor+20e+android+10+updatePDF 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_off0000b492.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB492 10556 bytes
SHA-256: e23c09fb3c8c65e1010e776d561265e1f1a3f946c793951a862fe8c6711faf56
font_01_sfnt_off0000ccbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCBF 18004 bytes
SHA-256: 9c850af087f3beedab89aa186080a1b5be9705c8106ff86bd9f33db3bf84357b
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB19 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1