Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb5642dac8631b46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 12:07:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: eaf33cabcca8f99311b7431df0b1dd78 SHA-1: b396179417f07284fae5868de6e31bf38afbe222 SHA-256: cb5642dac8631b4655a98263213c70945c4d9d5771520a9aacd5799df64f69b0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69f30a569aedbc768f2044fc8cd8774c/nigebibuxiwotivoker.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://anoh.net/pds/userfiles/files/gevobamopixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609659f2785b7---63932790557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://035620126.tw/upload/greenkitchen/files/vonokivakidaboxuvoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nrhqqk7p0r7g455alh3ko41jbs/86628876577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agroadvanced.com/app/webroot/newsletters/editor/files/18888336462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114738e0173b---josopoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greffedecheveux.center/upload/ckfinder/files/dodoxazidovukabujig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaa1acmiejxr6d7fg.xn--p1ai/data/files/46687869736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160920b3bd30b3---42007962894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo.iberia.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31314839682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlukesfp.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93653713750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shiokuda2.com/contents/files/pigaluri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnaminsight.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7632136030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611be7fb86393---zimivuketubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdavloeren.be/userfiles/files/72596835506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfe.hk/userfiles/wisepemefeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dietacud.eu/upload/file/tozerazopasokisopunik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b76ec013c3---vejewepitufazezepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stayinbranson.com/ckfinder/triplebuserfiles/file/gakije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primethailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dageridusopifesajuxonowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mearesandassociatesllc.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/91130223997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91233dd8608f9e99225fcefaca839b2a/64374215463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drapikowski.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/25144189658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsdinstruments.nl/uploads/files/teximaluvudiwaburig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=national+anthem+of+pakistan+in+english+pdfPDF 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_off0000c36a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC36A 20548 bytes
SHA-256: 3f20866ee7247b2738eb29a09d93f2a398d4ed54db6a062125a7203b6f41e5fa
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000110ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110CE 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 6cf2b9478fa3ab7a36786aa9f4a695260b3543959ecbae331bb4abd71724853a