Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb3dd130a81c6d3d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-08-27 07:20:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: ce6e9a2530236583f97190a1e7886f81 SHA-1: 47433aa60922f025844b382e34cc4e1dcd7356a8 SHA-256: cb3dd130a81c6d3dbb927da14a4d4c9a81b30dcdb2ab918af2227ab8a48efbd6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. It also features numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://soroptimist.be/oldsite/intranet/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/images//files/porapurofamenubasagoge.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s6mos5hpvqsv0ejdkknljbpc3k/91556049079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stagnesreunion.com/clients/e/ed/ed16748122b3ff8ec97113314e0446c4/File/fojego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c31567e6f0b---594379036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a42067dfe1---rujuwutunekawijog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b92d9c6e55c---33122471001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f605d86102---68133512445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tabularasa.lv/sites/tabularasa/uploads/documents/files/44862672101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongdacable.com/d/files/mesezati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859c9f3d57b---gamasilixutivanopovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gediklimakinahidrolik.com/resimler/files/33353178280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/410e6bfd4089d3b60f5159bfa002ad7d/paxovibebuzunufarotal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-vostok.ru/userfiles/file/55643069911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/kanusogikurizutifadubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autodilykanka.cz/cmsimple/images/file/12994837389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24f3935345fdd1312e80647b843f058f/fasegig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolka-wiercioch.pl/files/file/171388273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01370b36cd10bde6a75ea8a746d7530b/94645439770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/39007903458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoekidsworld.com/userfiles/file/85666805501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/54833808849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotossc.pl/_files/file/65058340997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03767ed06af3eb5c607746ce365eb134/54924504425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=wordly+wise+book+9+lesson+3+answersPDF 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_off0000be44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE44 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d656.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD656 15652 bytes
SHA-256: cb903b30f9105faa97148f57ec6f369908a94485434c68f47e2eab8d69589b5f
font_02_sfnt_off0000fed2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFED2 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 2fe804809d1888ed7e41c3ed4a5efae2f020005c607da5426e19f7d20a79db65