Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb9412e5d251204e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

125.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 06:55:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b59c8e6035217407dc338dd8668ff847 SHA-1: bd521ca0816639048f8acf1ac2f03436917596b8 SHA-256: cb9412e5d251204e6c7991c2a1763f3da79c7ddadd2449f95f96fffc8ab2d27b
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 delivering malicious content. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious files or conduct phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=3+phase+induction+motor+formula+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d935a8583df349da0ad41620fa4ab520/30463686938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/61409079720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://russia-ex.com/images/blog/file/15610285178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69b274828c83b31d9a362a0b89d6ed7e/mekavawilipogujujasato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cd3472996e---54020473662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplorium.su/userfiles/file/51262836108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaf75f35d09---vixozigoseputowofiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polimak.pl/userfiles/file/62918081399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609457cc0c339---kojofutetomiwekopugefami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c969d9117835737a4a52f27cf82aa3d/dubabuxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c72c214a566922e5d20a19ef46dafd5d/28678362836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8nooetggetist09i31trd948g/22510527352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionedynamica.it/uploads/file/lesugelosiwotobagamiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pethouse.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kizuzitivanogila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lrsdev.com/userfiles/file/10135740667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-5/20210505075349712153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d04c414c30---baduritosofumugogovumanuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/7179067125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af763b1abd117a31089e5993ec82f96b/buvemetir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuakeobinhduong.com/upload/files/31210201217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5fc1b58573c2875355bc51fba73ecf4/56359427798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukdirectremovals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fb3bd883951a5ba8873b8dcb7de9ab0/93966658844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flatadministration.com/uploades/fckeditorfile/bazuninam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns-russia.ru/userfiles/file/5123411721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agmatbaa.com/upload/files/9062116057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00017c45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17C45 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001945c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1945C 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 03e9a605294170a7ed157f859a800bf7e1067281f94e623b2dc0dc3bfd9ffd13
font_02_sfnt_off0001ade6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1ADE6 21332 bytes
SHA-256: 2a43bcf8bbb2c7a7c91f9aa3ec5b688961410ef486c7a2369478cb58dd49c270