Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbf719148d68ee5a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.1 KB Created: 2021-09-22 18:56:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3c277ce2e08c866c2d82dc31cccb09f1 SHA-1: a65b04dbae225986de0182be42b7bd50ff86e29d SHA-256: cbf719148d68ee5a76ad6c99a561b622fa3344038b440e602e1c8898292e18d9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to various PDF files hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The heuristic PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM indicate a pattern of using such links for malicious purposes. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download process, contributing to the overall malicious intent of distributing further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://crc.creativechange.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jokote.pdf
    • http://synfarm.com/upload/files/69495702983.pdf
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/wevaselegidatib.pdf
    • https://perfectsextherapy.com/public_html/userfiles/file/xorogoguxev.pdf
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a07b41e692a2b5dba3072b4ccd53513/71720477694.pdf
    • https://ispartaprefabrik.com/ckfinder/upload/files/10463265267.pdf
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8a6aa1f7aca2037e8618127c341b713/87075721695.pdf
    • http://kingtonkatsu.com/uploads/files/diran.pdf
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80011423990.pdf
    • http://fslawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/situsamox.pdf
    • http://kamkmori.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muzemixilipuguzup.pdf
    • http://globalnetworks.de/www.galabau-poscher.de/main/preview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7627501544.pdf
    • http://villalapinetafavignana.it/userfiles/files/99043072746.pdf
    • https://mallncart.com/userfiles/files/zozikuradowisidu.pdf
    • http://sayarbobinaj.com/file/lakodokifoz.pdf
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140a0fd9959f---bamazowitobiwaxafobalilep.pdf
    • http://faradtvandor.hu/picture/userfiles/file/39401089216.pdf
    • http://sapthagireesyathra.com/userfiles/file/39048663352.pdf
    • http://xiangzhuan.tw/upload/files/43634854144.pdf
    • http://massvt.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/62334213812.pdf
    • http://damosushipleasanthill.com/uploads/files/51292342146.pdf
    • http://markaoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zodibaros.pdf
    • http://f-okinawa.com/img/tmp/files/57365140149.pdf
    • http://wwsm-us.com/files/file/zezobulixo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=gta+sa+game+download+apk
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b66f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB66F 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce86.bin
6695e45ec4663c293ebc456b95a2a3fe01cbe3f35b31048c578601a52bd97f24
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE86 10760 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e72a.bin
1a872fc6313e775882c93b0252bd325ec65a6baa75264964e661c79e19f3d80a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE72A 17156 bytes