Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb8f678546ab16c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 23:09:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: fd54ebbee9eef9befc7c09848d34e1bd SHA-1: 1131d66cf6420ee73201e09bce7087efd74b275f SHA-256: cb8f678546ab16c826a4858a97d54099000e557f90dd50c114db92b1a5895017
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware hosting sites. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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 http://kochamsushi.pl/UserFiles/file/59664798222.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c165216bde4---jubevomigunipiziwarileb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biorenta.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nobesiporuxove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8sqvji4cphnunai60q28psrtm/65604309538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocw.tw/uploads/files/tinituvuxetat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamerton.nl/clientfiles/59386855596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://behtarinekhodetbash.com/files/files/90943430855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73fbnpopb2knf03qspq69bjmk0/kutowazak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magyar-logyogyasz.hu/fileok/file/gikanegigupapumapoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/zepetofedovasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/134b7c1ee33870e46d6cc34b5311fbe6/30964819914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c754ee724e---salijepun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8d73a0a7bf---99563383518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e9bnlf6jnf8h9smeb6ptat7r0/33199441368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmbassisiprovince.in/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50116996139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tyrtaios.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48377382649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtg-antracyt.pl/files/file/26691080167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanabuauto.com/js/upload/files/xafesoronemoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://equipociclistaugeraga.com/ciclistas/userfiles/file/28717264027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d38a082de24---35921738668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aydin-elektrik.com/resimler/files/tizori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=three+paragraph+essay+graphic+organizer+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_off0000e76e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE76E 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 8594563d17951f6d2637a2bfd252d0cfd5f34436cdc0a18352402ea41fcb37c8
font_01_sfnt_off00010067.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10067 18108 bytes
SHA-256: d76f6e963ad2df550e44cf0f52bf45caa2ad6c3de1780f7af337695d13451e66
font_02_sfnt_off00012f2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F2F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1