Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbfda1b6b1bcff27…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-21 15:45:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 69ad59bd79d7709a7de7b23b392babf3 SHA-1: 1283ccb7f80742caa41383bac16eccc352826d11 SHA-256: cbfda1b6b1bcff272f05d5bf2de3a6a759fc751f1834cacaef49808038b4a269
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting. These elements suggest the document is designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content, likely by masquerading as legitimate software or files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://nickelsgrafikdesign.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68109465860.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ryanoomen.nl/uploadimages/files/sitidulunagasopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161476bd3052a6---xakujaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142d77cd8d1b---zowikupejiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.l-games.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92284186983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swagath.co/new/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16010644614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ce087306c8---kazuradepajegipefur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kligi.viart.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xoxujudupife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvumucin.com/upload/ckupload/files/befulodavitogekadib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baby-daycare.com/uploads/files/202109102002037759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuonlan.vn/data/upload/files/35851499377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24hnbc.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/xapaleva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141102a73452---68870514095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clicksnepal.grnca.org/img/files/files/sapuwesikujejezuvopoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-dron.cz/data/file/14022155794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hfbee.tw/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210914052012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hexindechem.com/upload/files/67587205789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614561ad08fc7---34502342590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://com123.vn/uploads/file/91235403918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dubilex.com/userfiles/files/pomot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://105chers.netsociality.com/upload/files/bewuduwot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.extramas.com/userfiles/files/wetur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u723hpvqq090t945utkn53qm97/tawezolovajoderififi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sergiomauri.com/images/file/84567080985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=dream+league+soccer+2019+file+downloadPDF 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_off0000c219.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC219 11372 bytes
SHA-256: 32ed66954065634d0e2b6685934c3f74486f65a783cf2eecb3deb21a7eb1fdd5
font_01_sfnt_off0000dccf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCCF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4E1 16592 bytes
SHA-256: 9acd931dc8174a7d30e0cd6ee11436e42ee1dc3f69201522be56414433fc1d1c