Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb9f137fb4c0e7cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 16:08:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 116987e1fb8a69c0cc2286bb3dae7014 SHA-1: 8838198b4609b6e15b502630e9001d147913a16d SHA-256: cb9f137fb4c0e7cc4f03551d759781930364c44519a4891422b7d7c7df16becc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute additional malicious payloads. The numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f66b3dd124a9f596c6dfd45d1df4d149/josodexow.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://feltshoe.com/userfiles/file/3112708316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096192c6dc0c---4206891924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ato4ok0k0mef66t1jf1enr247/ragamobiwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festival.bg/fckeditorfiles/file/kibazirebajekezuwunexil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aite-materials.com/upfiles/file/43673457115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e73e86af1d5cb415269d8e64a80dd080/41642103458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baobihungphu.com/media/ftp/file/37381830440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/96902428354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otartufo.com/ckfinder/tartufofiles/files/81845400545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f87ad76f0---fuxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/kuwewizugemazuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekbdrive.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25437324888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41070294904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161101d26725d7---14054888356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b28487638---91258496835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carscaso.com/js/upload/files/xusorasibokawatamafofan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://footballsod.com/images/ck-uploads/files/paguvaxidixumuxixarumajub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a22ad41f2b0ce4b2ed146f2f387206f/49452537268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/op4i6mkjpqas9c55531bspjlvd/vedoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balletpanov.com/uploads/files/tapuxawili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0l1jc8v1hehornqs53807s075v/49431370287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=al+mahara+menu+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_off0000cd5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD5B 17860 bytes
SHA-256: dc79c12e4389f621c2bc21f1ec4016822d053ae09e203762ab3d74c1cf37a860
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbe0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBE0 10368 bytes
SHA-256: 0f0c8080f68a5cddb3f47646807bca8877067878e0aeb195702b6d41519ad2b6
font_02_sfnt_off00011302.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11302 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1