Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb5237d674479d5f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 12:48:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e4eca8db2da6e5f2151da5b847049117 SHA-1: 3e726f96130d720ae9e61ea855d6e44fe18159d6 SHA-256: cb5237d674479d5f02144fd0c205819c3fc280748b77db120acc7dfa3eb77e7f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. This indicates a likely phishing or malicious redirection campaign, aiming to lure users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9967

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=purchasing+supervisor+job+description+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://airholic.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/2933197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609230b4dc86f---79386266427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/1665694452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bougerpourstarlight.com/clients/c/c6/c668404594a1c08d975ab50c7bec58f6/File/43528122223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160906909aded8---jerazirukovalopagaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c6ca13d21b---51654153282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://school19-zav.ru/userfiles/file/18202825322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digitalpolicycouncil.com/imagenes/file/fegali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161153e8e2c583---rarusove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa55jlppfdsrq73p6nah2347cu/78040289252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gizmakina.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/53004942712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c440849839d---jifivasisivafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5384d4f6df25baa95736f0462d38ee2/latixifarupopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757ad91a851---norokojoxanafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogable.de/userfiles/file/2617684915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-mega.ua/images/uploads/file/63292500970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tienphat.vn/imagesflashupload/file/29761333417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starcity-vinhomes.vn/app/webroot/img/files/5589562561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mywayrtk.info/userfiles/file/dilibig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://market-oborudovanie.ru/upload/file/83683683894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607419f8c325c---xapagosekofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uralcomservis.ru/crn_fls/crn_files/33546981100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607682ded4925---72147991677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapalettedesarts.fr/gestion/file/47935728023.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_off000140db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140DB 19588 bytes
SHA-256: 6710f758e8c970777f83460924ed3db5e902a1e03823c70b741e4fc479bdac83
font_01_sfnt_off00017465.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17465 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00018c7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18C7C 11288 bytes
SHA-256: ebbd7e91cecae8ce7412ec626bf8a560bf0b9b72991523fdfb3ceeaa8656be4c