Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbb44884fc5d8b72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-21 19:24:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: fcee544b5737f168064ce668e94bb15c SHA-1: 8a3c0864c2f024dcb5bfdbf4e757dcfa3366a1a2 SHA-256: cbb44884fc5d8b729293ca144e6551ea58df9f1ae9a7ac718cd859953550cdd0
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to deliver a secondary payload. The presence of a visual download button and the ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further support a malicious intent to trick users into downloading malware. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ross+and+wilson+anatomy+and+physiology+12th+edition+download PDF link annotation
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zawidota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorinhawear.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/53405630804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bckbytow.naszbip.pl/img/upload/files/70448269456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standardamulet.com/files/files/rozozimimojasiwese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardensyellowcab.com/admin/images/file/38029450375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.totspotdaynursery.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/piziwozafifedatav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60f914d8697dd6f441b77bf7b9acd76c/62440135540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac36d66ebc5866d3cce1f2df4dded06e/lewirokesox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maisonforville.be/documents/file/48756448656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yey.uw52.com/upload/files/nefatopinoposuvosakusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kelakewangshangduchang.a9188.com/upload_files/art_files/files/20210905_230433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanvoorst.info/uploaded/file/47882866039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimis.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/penapesominabot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copperscraphandlers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/taromejimolutebumeboxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/botofipipakaxidilupap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordinate-ltd.com/file_media/file_image/file/48773082910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c3ae6e4021---9577140125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arte-salon.ru/upload_picture/woxuwiwerolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalonetours.com/userfiles/files/pujitodagametasidopuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dekobonner.de/userfiles/file/fipajiwosapuxaxutonoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161411873ec180---lijukudofomamigaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbnjl.com/userfiles/files/zaravunigej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erainbowrealty.com/userfiles/file/vujixunazanerad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/88909825454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iringmalaysia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/butatinusipokumuto.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_off0000e084.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE084 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f896.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF896 18836 bytes
SHA-256: 258b2138f731ff74fb6e98dd1111ef7a8832396480c815b6508b7a35e94cb5f0
font_02_sfnt_off000129b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129B6 11156 bytes
SHA-256: b198175497b7eee76d3d12c34e0fe16ce8e6c5d0c3afca06b93c3b29bc544521