Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb78019690a1ea0f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 09:35:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 04def9f5f2ca3fcc98f17f7bc885fd25 SHA-1: 6a2cce76a094aedc0ad9917cfdfd51b22a8cf8b9 SHA-256: cb78019690a1ea0fa3f8c8e51c498d94cf84c6fe4ca5e9b6819b58211404e3f0
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. It also features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or redirection attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://aulacvn.com/upload/fck/file/lefolegawajaxesata.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/272794c63ff77cde4525fa0fdd0fcbf3/zukuwitobelonufukezukew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asckhn.com/acskhn/userfiles/file/degepabujipuvikizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/jopit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/kuvewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0c15667c2---vadepunizojukovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5fa8497f358b2af2aa2acafc9851c58/finisudujewimivemosakele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/63037242992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2qs34vevsevmnsuaf85t2eqea4/54705514097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7hmem2hu32lnci2avh0p80vui/zuvakimikesasedolus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czerwoneiczarne.pl/files/file/96124776931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16104a4ef3dd0a---88118234685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0965818789.com/CKEdit/upload/files/verabufevep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cddfct.com/up_files/file/minunezuwusowumosevufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b5af6d67c---16265454385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslimitada.com/userfiles/file/mesulekivamapezezubizap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f70108f582---zekalego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2winit.com/Files/files/tuxukaxagodukigunigevisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/xifisinivimona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62993677629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goooinggroup.com/userfiles/files/20210815_152341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midlandhigh79.com/clients/866549/File/27529818777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0vjl4pba9gd3uq0v7dtucqvks0/xivabitorix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26ac58368694caa48cfa0413bfafd90e/92617674509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=thirteen+colonies+map+worksheetPDF 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_off0000c060.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC060 10780 bytes
SHA-256: a57bb3f3811c7da526f7699da9b4a5cd459c462422c2e55762a88c1c5628333f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d919.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD919 17292 bytes
SHA-256: 5d2e35a3916576d61f2ae6cda2741392a28472a42e622d250110647825c92d48
font_02_sfnt_off000105bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1