Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd8eb86e35faf6ed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.9 KB Created: 2021-08-13 14:21:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 3685475f574bbd747403227d082123fb SHA-1: 1d8b2fa144d75623f1c6c9d2d85d9b76f0607a5c SHA-256: cd8eb86e35faf6ed4ee9e583871097f72910e75ffcaef2697be7f6ba2c9e7ba5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=classroom+sign+up+sheet+template PDF link annotation
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/xiraxaloxakidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b504f5b071---81667422447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609827a7dcfc1---futidut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608137afdbd26---vuwulesefut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuonghieutoancau.vn/uploads/files/63562607658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfavit.tv/userfiles/file/nujakasedozez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kenhquangcao.vn/uploads/files/zuzadaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af862281cb8---91059834739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc980de5ed3d9dd37849ecb86bfab58f/josorixavofuxodikikibaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210510052931505333tv4nwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608388027c4d5---zogigifovaxebomibafigar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/dexuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jordanfamilyreunions.com/clients/5/51/51534e3e38036466a76ca8a024fd4923/File/46365674910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tvmreza.tv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zitowamek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasyo.net/files/file/jisewasonopofetokujasoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ne7em7s7lpmm1q2oqpka0dce76/66340299652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dancedynamicsla.com/clients/38740/File/49398037160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.startservis.sk/novy/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75942951797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1371b2c90---53187882742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deauville.ru/files/file/52494027550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081726e6b43b---18798345743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veiligheidsslot.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tizewasobipomegojulipuves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangkoksolarpower.com/syner_upload/images/files/tanorijizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwgulfport.com/uploads/files/megesodilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d43a8201b22e3cf8dff3c540f4eb52bc/zutatidopugu.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_off0001067a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1067A 10828 bytes
SHA-256: bd97bd09c2411a668ebdc365c6ac9d1d9305bf3f898f8c234dd7603a5711fe09
font_01_sfnt_off00011f46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F46 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013758.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13758 17408 bytes
SHA-256: 62e4b0cbbf174077bdb071144a7a77716907f38d428a80784b16c15e35f3976c