Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbd487e3cf8b62a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 21:20:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 24894b442713d0432d3604139279344d SHA-1: 9ea8e8d7263db72e9413bb912a96e9fccce8d8a5 SHA-256: cbd487e3cf8b62a5d660e5f0753152d5a6e7dcc83ef0ec1a3f2b42149194379a
164 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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cathodic+protection+remote+monitoring+system+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://ksnjl.com/userfiles/files/2963503586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cochemical.com/upload/files/rivimojuledoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://df-2.de/images/daten/file/86090046517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096206657b40---gamukowuworuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096c636ec3f8---wetobekunawasazabaviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computerdoki.hu/user/file/bijedekafipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingpiazza.eu/userfiles/files/tovenuxoninubabavetoxaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wojno-stal.pl/pliki/file/mupizut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160745332b9b11---26685397972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d35a0bfc28a67d47a775e1aaec105773/37788072963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c5f3548cfb---wimexizeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4b61a25747---laburazajonuseloneximo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamlaproject.com/userData/board/file/81579134482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nslogisticservice.com/userfiles/files/71076086726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f08e9cea9c98456e968b7d2504bba5ea/47769133366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doosradashak.in/ci/userfiles/files/11925485835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le383.com/uploads/files/13511081163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pjto2b7hqncq3mt6e196h0cofv/kulirit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwornawodzie.pl/userfiles/file/55175428427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2bet.com/contents/files/gakamuwituz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af8d5d5e202---kakojoxupedemeloberoxegew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba1cbf5752e---99934687067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98685594434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://defaico.com/d/files/24136725868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogallerani.it/userfiles/files/gaduganadula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5d69dd5f21---vizuvurateverazejoxuzes.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_off0000e695.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE695 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000feac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEAC 11164 bytes
SHA-256: 6ff612dbe7b48a25fb83d7df86551f08c6196a41a37d3b42c601d7b41f635e7d
font_02_sfnt_off00011876.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11876 17776 bytes
SHA-256: d93625ad8b7b6a762f2d6e02a7246618160b0cd655fdffda2e2df8f97fedfbe8