Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbe458e4772f67bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-13 08:42:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 507e88b01446fb8e1bc381f3fc086638 SHA-1: f066c327e7eb605aeefef5190d9c2b79d4a9e9c8 SHA-256: cbe458e4772f67bc45e4ebfce73249b9af723220e661721b0a2ec4fa770777f7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous embedded URIs that point to PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content. Embedded JavaScript was also detected, suggesting potential for client-side exploitation or payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3b8469cde4---waxikavewojikefexuxile.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/joledi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/xogimamuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamarkosong.com/contents//files/godeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb2d8559a0e---31075624510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160910c25e12aa---1250347356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brianhaymore.com/images/e/file/67487021837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehoron21.mn/uploads/files/xopovazoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://houstontca.org/Content/uploads/files/mukuwar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hintzfamilyreunion.com/clients/1/12/12a2788c5de59b93c87e4eff35998d4f/File/96247872721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caab8e24f3cae3cd7f5c63d57a6afe27/refabowavemage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsg-edinstvo.ru/userfiles/file/87666206924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44rjg73bav10adnaf9bcopv316/43224986122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/mejoguwadamiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjcfurnituremaker.com/userfiles/files/kijilizenope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a54e15284---38233256419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-cell.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62522457809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6e8d7524214b670825a624e6badd7bb/11333970849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/satetak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761fe6cf69c---24720391948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliusie.com/userfiles/file/bemafexavusuvenetofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songpinhao.com/userfiles/files/dogemimuripiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160732b0ebcd12---sukejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/jerewinelopavoxepofak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=99.4+f+to+cPDF 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_off0000f2bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2BF 17140 bytes
SHA-256: 1fee307d565388f7a58adab43a8c3f065f8f5720a9bbf2e7f0c0c5a2df3cfa8d
font_01_sfnt_off00011f81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F81 9740 bytes
SHA-256: 236788803c805df53819ad9d8bb6bd5de848b1d4bed418759b7e1a18827649cb
font_02_sfnt_off000134f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1