Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb757721d79f9d8f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.1 KB Created: 2021-08-07 01:27:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 4b6b17909b638d93cb84f639a0107f7e SHA-1: 2595e0726a152cfd25d919b40965b4f11e1df0af SHA-256: cb757721d79f9d8fa86584bb8677c58eb314f32b80e38c83e45eaeb42bc7f67a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, potentially for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

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 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 http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/93991940769.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://adice-area.com/pictures/files/kenugifuvibigedowuziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://195exim.com/datas/files/38262295549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5988a4352cc3d16b768cb4530a7f463/levozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnovum.hu/downloads/63765337960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160917ea3dc633---41478486582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ataru.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26572324654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/865dc5976088638e927139682eb7d1e0/sizuxivolopevudizijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro-ex.net/images/blog//file/40840784160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wangyiphk.com/userfiles/lurew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio5r.com/userfiles/files/79469669078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qme8vl09u2jrceih7ehl0adkeu/35616963375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annandale1963.com/clients/69704/File/13393771397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9a7b9e743---jepaxifugizovikutimekin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078480866140---kegiwevosovujux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/dibudinalusonesaseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7375884a6253459a3119bfd578eecbf0/nefop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aeap.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53715058255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a86f32901f---63859877707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cansuyu.org/resimler/files/30535807943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b7a209ed6---7669246075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6522205de2---keratawuwoser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609277a1523ef---62965263626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cabd59c466---14481486788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+predict+goal+goal+in+football+matchPDF 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_off00012f54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F54 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014766.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14766 18860 bytes
SHA-256: ed564d232fd0d0451708286f96e7de2dbb51cf104f22036da65d082605511339
font_02_sfnt_off0001795f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1795F 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 7e11596ada26cf5135bb6c74d4218cf6478ffd0b6a446a5aa2510a1061caa54c