Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbc9aa4619bbba26…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.1 KB Created: 2021-08-03 19:42:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6810fe0c9f27b89855c1b66b7fbdc89d SHA-1: a18d7e52cd374067e89ddc986c3ecc4d03045a85 SHA-256: cbc9aa4619bbba2662ea4d55665b2170a11819cdccc01f233fe3a4de6cf35b1e
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, likely leveraging embedded JavaScript for exploitation or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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.
  • 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://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f833abe62614b461952d00f15e9824d4/xemeduwufipizavele.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://donaldbermanmaimonidesgolf2020.com/clients/0/0d/0d43fbb8ff91cab41fa1b056c0d912a9/File/tonikapav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masonfamilyreunion.org/clients/b/bd/bdaf0a3c19eb5f10f0519c747c117e37/File/36764524026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hur7qjtb3emp48nu7hn6idbmuo/nenazomudenelepekeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n3n2rc1p00qf2v4v2d560oim61/pubudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100060133bb3---weminos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condominiovillage.com/userfiles/file/66832668295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a152f90be1da5d4a48890899e79979b7/9979263557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyjcincottalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/runeboxogumixagapazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandai-k.com/userfiles/file/sujivezirekuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vljainandco.com/userfiles/files/wudujugaziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60757e33d4af84cf48de9c7dbd4eee50/zinikis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massintech.ru/img/outer/files/gikokoluduvumagexiral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b11a11763---pevekogaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sapientgenerator.ru/files/userfiles/files/vexanitupumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a03cf5c5d60---71870815805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chmelo.hu/sites/default/files/file/watodopajubijek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a03c968923---pawejaxekewutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coluer.ir/documents/file/dizurew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bighost.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/nilose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaithompson.com/userfiles/file/14208401265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/maxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinkorea.com/files/files/32806068702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rtvpuls.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19576574804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=macromedia+flash+8+actionscript+tutorialPDF 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_off00011797.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11797 17092 bytes
SHA-256: b0c884a1cddcd6678ac8521a843544cecec7049f30385291bb5feffdc974c7b2
font_01_sfnt_off00014477.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14477 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015c8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15C8E 11188 bytes
SHA-256: b7cbc908e6b5a5670dbc784aecce176e716626987357ab56607b00376a1478a2