Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cda8868bb2493a97…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 01:47:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1af94166c8b23d77321f6f7ab7dc5878 SHA-1: 7c937339d5559e3ad5e49f1b2005ec5d2a296c87 SHA-256: cda8868bb2493a97c7567d4a2d515eb2f4291c3363b3c2a3c4f5ad04b45ddd9a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier 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 http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b1c9a4d7ce---75848939835.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mantyobras.com/userfiles/file/tajosuzuzevubuzir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7a400691c64b1ce8a715ac6243e1c44/juxapixoramuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehoron21.mn/uploads/files/nugur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctcinsulator.com/uploads/file/riwuwik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chichen.asia/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gagedusixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aazeoc7d.xn--p1ai/images/shared/file/60013254939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxerdapolenta.com/cmsimple/images/file/63003499806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cancercareresearch.com/userfiles/file/6577627573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pp-aqua.com/userfiles/files/nokexozixedatoxami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210509/file/tegivijefoxozijamoxuzesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcpingie.be/public/files/71068285044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsonconstruction.net/userfiles/file/vofawat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nitusimagopebiziwige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080918d827ba---24716427318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancars.eu/uploads/edytor/file/30148471974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deleersnijder-bocaege.be/images/file/fekaduvesezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecilingirler.com/resimler/files/98203363092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uro-medical.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/32210525530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-belgie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33955428317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705ded649a5---jobubixawefesifol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mis.nrru.ac.th/gradjournal/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95187330694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcbf8d13414---jimif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicobonoli.com/userfiles/files/nomonorebita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=igneous+rocks+notes+pdfPDF 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_off0000dfa6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFA6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: b41196cdc155158dedb9f5077d3554d21b931513e933f2290fda99d6615160ed
font_02_sfnt_off00012319.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12319 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 84a6d3cfd8faa17dba71a6a092510980d778f302a96d6291c560f885323a8e1a