Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cdeb669c55e75b2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-08-13 23:53:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e21e99187684ef2857ee3d597ecd0f43 SHA-1: 01dcac16ebb23fa06b0e357a0ebdd5f530fe091b SHA-256: cdeb669c55e75b2f57596aa74957cdb82e6889de1cd2e9acf8023961665c064d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or scam websites. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit PDF vulnerabilities.

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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=anime+espa%C3%B1ol+latino+crunchyroll PDF link annotation
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9945d3744aca2aac149cd876e8761a3e/82252625751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/70609491892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wiz-fac.com/uploadImg/file/51655868594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duonglaohanoi.com/userfiles/file/tilimewekowawubigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7c2f2af89f---32678546944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-mebel.ru/uploads/files/87215925002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/frtiqh9osueq6sdignrife2i6d/jazuvewobere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/46392556089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoshitorionline.com/uploads/files/pumeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bravo-hk.com/userfiles/file/sasufizumofadalegenisuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szzxwx.com/Upload/Upload/file/202172419541690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfe.hk/userfiles/gepejisugawogunonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d644b6ee05e---kiwavorikamuwaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc9581e98c5---93288545556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/48246755387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/lorekogigakunib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096c5347936b---62878679120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986741d71a1---vorizikis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/kezuzizugek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18b16af16c170589e1da34e929447f07/fazexafeguzame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ez4parcel.net/upfile/files/2021/06/22/jotokaxowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089be8148ea9---saxuvesaxofujom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsdalehorseboarding.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nelasarazepuxelifijelid.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_off0000f77b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF77B 18968 bytes
SHA-256: 53be9e74ba6fabf9b319d3cbf3bd7b7870bfff1e48c85c15c24438f8666208ab
font_01_sfnt_off000127e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127E4 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 36e1a2d2c304f9577a39411e235b5291069e76d8320e7d83892f45c9cf2b979c
font_02_sfnt_off00014135.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14135 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1