Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb6500bbac104c46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 12:05:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1fbcb1b1b1f24ba30341bd132109b991 SHA-1: 09874be841a1b1efa2c3a5d21df1a889094485e4 SHA-256: cb6500bbac104c46d2070c263fb65173a36b28c68ada2a1143c40fa76c71c900
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of external links and the nature of the heuristics point towards a malicious document designed to lure users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d0cbf9ca673d87ae7d1712b4c576e08/3744838296.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://binarbaid.com/public_html/userfiles/file/romiburebonosavax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artenika.pl/fck/file/34034442253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4o5l1vgp7vubceoa8a63bq2ma0/tavodopolofosowus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia.eu/upload/files/27835761298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ecded9b19---kezar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--49s538bo8ux8c.net/userfiles/file/vetofopukamam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f4e0526f06f1049862277a65a2631a2/79320433761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ae7f82d0a---zesenagesesoxijuzikoxizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7386db92bd---dovoretotanesisilezexuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a16d6cdefdfe194819eea9cc42ee745c/27496695893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e3acbd8b35e2b9c3f52380180daa902/bosiboputixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7uhsf3c5t5asajtevo97rtekpc/15921213655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vgi-vn.vn/app/webroot/img/files/47012792083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/zaxatimadotigogatosatin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8dbfac6039---35240315877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f41476d4f9---33169227489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/89234775177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aazeoc7d.xn--p1ai/images/shared/file/vozuberewuvotezabebiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abd98380c79---zebosimidelabijamuzoxima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjjiffy.com/upload/19175958208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daiichigroup.net/uploads/news_file/57093825838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08105b0a8a8acf2c08d71a7a2e5c5b6e/pugevexumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1agpbmdtf.xn--p1ai/upload/file/tujasuriwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=les%C3%B5es+dermatol%C3%B3gicas+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_off00011d4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D4F 11176 bytes
SHA-256: 24f8f009cb7577a4851aeacd1ce3d6f7f3e40b0a175d1b10426319397364b390
font_01_sfnt_off000136b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136B6 21208 bytes
SHA-256: d2f1111e2d7aefe1672d30664c0332587a5987889e39fc3f708b8aa7b6551f60
font_02_sfnt_off00016bfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16BFE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1