Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbf532cb50e87c89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:42:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 63173b3b5c337af4238c1142df18cbd0 SHA-1: 91e41803b74738b386618c205c8e5d0c30c7a539 SHA-256: cbf532cb50e87c895dbd4ed9c4b7484072fc2ef4568a16a13710134ff6babbe4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution scheme. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious or phishing content.

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 https://teenvolunteerhouston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c55d2a0c6dc63ae8fa1ac9acb84bbf4d/notarakexeleg.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c04ede2cf3e---38179882929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sashtraayurveda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tudukozakibod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreanhotpot.com/uploads/files/dojijatix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609833f65ab12---rixuverewifelolewogija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dxczx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210703_130328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibshop.gr/uploads/_uploads/files/35031737735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778d45e373b---99994686108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapalettedesarts.fr/gestion/file/xatulejugukalikolatiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6778ab5a800b32b48d5a4a12653420b7/powavomifirafigojizav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/je1t4tusos4cs1h0rc0a3j8b43/48350170192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f15cb0df6d---39089719700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinajessie.com/seadata/data/uploads/img/file/162517662841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f1b8902756---tebipaxalasijuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jpoug0ida3dldmdkhfmq5of4e6/84247595199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c76cf806776---xiwarojawixefaximulakug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65rnsfpiehpg1s4jk9ceu1hetq/31684079161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1577ffa5a1cdc9bd48db0263c0bf161d/zawifid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportingfoundation.com/uploads/file/pitakefixogogove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sexogunidapivivef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093fe2e61ef4---18047866133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merlegdoktor.hu/tmp/3615664530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tmtteks.com/files/foveluzotifefusoredato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buffagiuseppeinfissi.com/userfiles/files/23199443376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=emirates+inflight+menu+pdfPDF 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_off0000f17f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF17F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010996.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10996 10908 bytes
SHA-256: eb83e4e414d5912b74ee0391078209895f00022322dcdc429e2ac1a9f37ad1c1
font_02_sfnt_off00012255.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12255 18188 bytes
SHA-256: d6e004922ca6d314b1524de55a441c169f0df169077f511a9f2613d4896708db