Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cba859acd616900e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 09:24:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 3d3f47d72c2eb6b7c47075581ba11e86 SHA-1: 24763bdf4db8a7fa99e983dd8c95fc0ed0a68e43 SHA-256: cba859acd616900e75882cd51969a2a17e1768d614fe6092fc8f476b73d5d7d1
184 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 or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of embedded JavaScript (T1059.007) further supports the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=every+mha+movie PDF link annotation
    • http://prunay-en-yvelines.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ludiboxenobubedovomusus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateliersmq.com/pevron/www/img/file/koxepufadunejuvurego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sensi-leszno.pl/userfiles/file/65972341155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://billionbosses.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38566240507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adverto.ee/userfiles/file/29304598111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rjt1.org/upload/files/89621269785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drddvichitra.com/userfiles/file/80154554129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3mfa.com/images/editor/files/wixime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faw-asia.com/image/upload/files/33014840968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energy-labels.nl/userfiles/file/48242820857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatvideo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97746503883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f54338815ee78cbf30cd76b144542b0f/74534774683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dondepodemosir.com/userfiles/file/diviforosas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132058a6e84d---sosutozozolujokefafovosoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafjbawrcdgsodbdciig4a5v.xn--p1ai/pict/file/kitav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://momsystem.ru/public/file/jatudozak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robfredo.com/userfiles/file/tafimanojenizipuloxizaked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio1bet.com/contents/files/jipupitobapugeburaral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26392218506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161357352a83d8---vojebuxevekoruleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ykzn8.com/upfiles/editor/files/mekavoxivulimozakijod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84380062809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pecsikult.hu/files/file/7550791546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e8db680e3---fukikurabimelejufidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134ddf474cbb---terakafasoterufaka.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_off0000efc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFC4 10120 bytes
SHA-256: d08d4804e138320a1565c68ec777ec967eeca6c7769e357155853e8dcd3fbf31
font_01_sfnt_off00010655.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10655 21440 bytes
SHA-256: cf2a360ddaced1a8dc13fbb05fb9696657c2876a9e26cec45a6a4f031ef8e838
font_02_sfnt_off00013e92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1