Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbeb95f5f508a94e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 16:45:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d5344b565ee1fb7f7d1e7fcd6ac379e4 SHA-1: c100ee6ee05d83a18c6eb0f8f2931df009310a58 SHA-256: cbeb95f5f508a94e56bb63da4eca0e18a0a15a6c889a1c5cc15fdc168a58ec5e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to phish users or deliver a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e4c6512123---79149144455.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://abouelhoulgroup.com/userfiles/files/22585695896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072cc64ab094---7152460337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c5edb7525---41470403814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/5574635172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f948ed9a81---deragunadusugaxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ac0f79904ac9e9df95d5d6c873f11df/gonasetux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e8gqq5io6o0bjhshuogqleok9/jaworosepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qkon.ca/images/file/70222743849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optimustelecoms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45757745646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8541a973e8abe50b268a1b53beb8c205/suludazopijusexixofozos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/30802089195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jurad.eu/files/file/faxevulogagepitimesum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soles2walk.cz/data/file/93944328874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redondoclassicburger.com/uploads/files/bilobap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4qr2ebkoetll5gj4h7u9hdrd1/gisebuwikekafotezigezej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tigapilar.com/upload/files/tasuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/puzizam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160726e8f6c766---96237333381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acetechnology.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pmbhndkdhmq4rq9l424p7rbrqc/35209286974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alptw.com/images/files/47522475846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d27c1253e0---37542084710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gopherandsquirrelcontrol.com/admin/images/file/79905206987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2690c33806bfeef48e876cd245efeea8/nutomederusodukefal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=2015+corvette+stingray+z51+owners+manualPDF 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_off00011403.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11403 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012c15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C15 17600 bytes
SHA-256: a51a37ace276558a19e1350a5b9d99178f214897b1c18306e5ff9da2c60a32fe
font_02_sfnt_off00015991.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15991 11328 bytes
SHA-256: f0fa07d50146283edea3876c72acbeebf74a94c80de5ecdb775a469e440d5d80