Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbf75eae37fa36f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-05-10 02:19:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: ad6bcb6e965387b2b3902e424cb6a97d SHA-1: ee358feb36356d4e6fe927f8c335a2c986034a96 SHA-256: cbf75eae37fa36f1eb50a54a48d38f32f989a81a055a4bbf396cd34c29574933
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, suggests a lure related to software downloads, specifically 'bluestacks app player for laptop'. The presence of PDF link farm heuristics and ClamAV detection strongly indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f317d05b0---92067130641.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c10ab6f21---pifomolobekekakerate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072cc6b7487e---jeduxevesek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f7e37941a---94806815922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cf46f7eaebf2201bd7147ff2460ee92/pojekofujedagol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feng-shuiworld.com/userfiles/file/70864164030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dda3da1a3bc35922d9095b374aabd2a3/niruzod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bda1463622e8c2603e60d2310b1e3b00/ruvuporelosugaxolaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martybermanassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/546c790ba345a523a37ed40828d72aca/lanora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5m494vrsrql6s89mqo2un14i63/wuvemamaveme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenagro.com/sites/default/files/file/nizajujerawewiwoxalaxoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5761ef749---8273689068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sfn3df3neeqe5nknd6dom99m7p/rugadaruraja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607381e9a0840---fobogoxevibonurovofafij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonasixtytwo.com/userfiles/file/wilusuvamuxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c239d73a34---rajasabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c93acc1519---63549960573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b41fb0de8---6611581371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.llgnjinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc4749f1973b1a5b6b6690528fbcb4f1/pipabapoxatovob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=bluestacks+app+player++for+laptopPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000daac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAAC 5224 bytes
SHA-256: e839a2deb3f0075010498ce0a3fcc6fb09054d9e7bf7ee2a136779134e2d37e3
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC90 10124 bytes
SHA-256: 887cdb2730d451271abbce17c1a21b8b4676417de26d47109125edfccf226eb5