Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbf844bcb4809a87…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-08-07 20:42:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 10b5ddcf390f30c470a6f354b90e657d SHA-1: e4090c93624914dc87f97266b8b114a95043a5d9 SHA-256: cbf844bcb4809a87ae4deb532bc1a206e647c299a02161dc72b4149377b72a90
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malware download pages. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cuadernillo+de+caligraf%C3%ADa+para+imprimir+gratis+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afcaca0b110---70298769386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spectrumohio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebbea0041191dc2b09b08c504233dae0/262998698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brette-animation.com/userfiles/file/28238994852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbfeahwarn6ac1adp3fb2p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/sirumevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3880691fbb---983037768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo.iberia.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57531580331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apollopowersystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2e62c6b81913e52eeb8d0c7ddfdc9a5/lifokuwonisexonifuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aunay-sous-auneau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87801261226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3036565b46566e10eb8d8d76de0d52c/pelubebiwokobokudibusuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnpair.com/userfiles/file/fuvikamatijan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/895c8ebaf506539b7fb3f431f9cbb0cb/tekemufopokesuxosomode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendaalzheimer.org/files/galeria/files/36195049498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bomtvplus.com/data/board/file/20210531060121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a73b9afbbf7712f93464d7667d9c82b9/32118164055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b88ae9e76d91fe8b5a824ba7f3e2df38/jexopejaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092240324ca4---matuwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jerseyshorepirates.com/userfiles/files/13703201524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sindonis.com/userfiles/file/wezawivotuferoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fidelishospice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gelanujefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8f255127eb8bec49de2ae1ed6ea1011/42903036669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ff608e8f3---fuxozagit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/xubivusazolegoxofale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikuseikyokai.jp/ckmedia//files/30166407475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8375612f1---paxozipifopive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e2d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2D0 18620 bytes
SHA-256: dd388bb785c87e1f12ea15b6be604ea77df9cec00ef4dba04ce6da9be00731bf
font_01_sfnt_off000111d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111D6 11156 bytes
SHA-256: a1c751daca820db527247d5b3b290d30bfbecb9ecb356d9c9fd64c7cbd0fc588
font_02_sfnt_off00012ba7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BA7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1