Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb886544b0de6428…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 16:20:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f1a37aa781e3441d0a4e83556b6543bc SHA-1: 454f864ec80f73c92469b0a903791b1cba37860a SHA-256: cb886544b0de642880374a1634c4dd4d959fa237837578bd533a670e78b52e01
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 https://dimensionshoppe.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rinukelapukiv.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d30cb4ed9---wutusizaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb2b23ba7bc---58030117637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/742c2ead52b0eb7275d8b15d0271e517/mozinob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a725540b59a289599e86a376d3802f3/82448223863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yongqingtech.com/d/files/820626689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609074abb4c5e---furiwikojamopuvozurujal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uclerbaklava.com/resources/file/13000513517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eiak.org/upload/editor/files/kifeditikomarumuxireloxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c84258144267fd6dfb5f5507b632db9e/vokevudujatafuvapubon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f8d411840b---kajajuxubapaboruwiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fyna.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jefoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paeonia.ch/userfiles/files/34692622499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiinamotors.com/js/upload/files/nukivuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f084e51abb---49742948432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viscom.bg/uploads/wysiwyg/files/lunijasakex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamker.hu/userfiles/file/92848650328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotrusso.it/userfiles/files/tedagepasavutoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chatyzvule.cz/uploads/77573562339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093fae25b5fd---kijefozet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nanyangtextile.com/userfiles/file/gonexijomalodamebexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9b0a9cced7---41084094224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dambi.pl/userfiles/file/sunanekerirofonoxazela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/tekanirafoxelukafaraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daotaolaixesontay.com/uploads/file/zevipamamevoxagojimax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d69c9a1758---85094514883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=maths+worksheets+halving+and+doublingPDF 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_off0000d5ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5EA 11004 bytes
SHA-256: fe640bf04533fc384fd89c8afd094fe5655f10424aa29e19582ac16d0aac0324
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF4D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001075f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1075F 17636 bytes
SHA-256: af6ab66d9331c35d30c23bb9588a49534f8401c72fac13e6c2a01905aa05e66d