Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb482d569f17e66a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 03:44:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3bd87b8cc70ee3d1fe3b3e8492874fa6 SHA-1: 988ef7ce6975e05e3e35f0a0ebe8128cc51bbc6a SHA-256: cb482d569f17e66a970099b2ecdd9b37f1fd3c3d92ce23da24dff8b63eb4582c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or link farms on disposable hosting. These elements suggest the PDF is used to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=couples+therapy+worksheets+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10283192890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anieliasfx.com/uploads/textareas/file/35907488769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaelen.it/userfiles/files/85183813128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zatacorp.com/upload/files/43355461376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddf808a617d8b38b96b8a16653a43e20/fetaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iol61duovlt3declp4s8s7atvc/38735541914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/28253613842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2e4661b7ce---6434338110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076cb7fa48ec---67245221882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tragadsonisurat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93519166313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gachtrangtritranvinhtin.com/gachtrangtritranvinhtin/Images_upload/files/jalid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dambi.pl/userfiles/file/jofagepujokapugowarufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxflowfans.com/userfiles/file/dubuwudiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolfingnaples.com/clients/a/a5/a5422f62036d2d393d866963e902351c/File/87959056511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48frqvu3she7m4jvtdeif97ipg/jesoxijoregotelipugijewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fs76d7m4p4cresdktlqbh7827e/lizatewudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baugeraeteverleih.de/benutzerdateien/3914706770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brixtontaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/93798282362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maclashoes.it/file/62331826554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ezibra.pl/upload//file/bovova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vnos.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/gilebojami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carlaschroyen.com/content_docs/lakovadalenoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e0879b1323566e143caa6f347492970/zesozugurixaxufamat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b89500daa---2045112446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dijitalsanat.link/upload/files/26711797701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asqcert.net/files/files/lisolobisaxusopubelebiwe.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_off0000c233.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC233 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000da4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA4A 10824 bytes
SHA-256: c2db0328ebf889fadbf3f1d293187e097d0dda7760697cd96a08e001c7679d95
font_02_sfnt_off0000f391.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF391 16844 bytes
SHA-256: 165a9fe2a1a64883250a4553baa528d61fcd367a528c13573b563095bb6ca5d9