Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cfbce8bf4fc0b6c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 02:56:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c60135d5a04f6bcdcc31dc5ecc425b32 SHA-1: 8d4112e1a4141ed90b80328769dd735ee0fb8471 SHA-256: cfbce8bf4fc0b6c39e84f6a5b795026ef3fc46b65bc86f9c6a08b3bac43e1d2c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a JavaScript action and numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The JavaScript action is the primary mechanism for executing the malicious payload, likely redirecting to one of the listed URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=manual+therapy+and+exercise+for+adhesive+capsulitis+%28frozen+shoulder%29+%28review%29 PDF link annotation
    • http://darienhigh69.com/clients/866565/File/82349339046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096bdce6af03---42245490381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lumukusobudumurarubabuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhtindesign.vn/uploads/image/files/bozafejumakifilewokinid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8fed3008f0---jotekirawoxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/dedugakufidefoxomigoxavuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artbynela.com/uploads/file/sudasisuxavolenavawam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210813_188CD263D79BA372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onelineservice.it/file/12009331817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntct-dz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/doditunawejukovin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slhospital.com/upload/fckeditor/file/14413025784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tjpapigroup3.com/contents//files/tatadoruzufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5005fbc317---palavonasigubiwoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5949630f7---697072025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.be/userfiles/file/77952138485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekogamma.pl/javascript/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pasugilomejeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elazentrale.de/images/uploaded/file/tuviwijotet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iohrp.org/f_files/files/zutemifexifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77224078d2b9ab78ed94aa7db0a535b8/61200144064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eventaipei.com/upload/files/pikininobugurale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7853b6512da2b7ba017a96fd77c7e6b3/32557467777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612a121b891c9---gefado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seksdagen.nl/userfiles/file/22249947163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myucpb.net/userfiles/file/72087469882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cggusfrn7nmihf1np9h5k1fvi/89888954278.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_off00014e1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E1A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001662c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1662C 19692 bytes
SHA-256: cafcb1fd86c28460d902c77488f4a495501bb806862911c9a999e5d296eb52c1
font_02_sfnt_off00019a3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19A3D 11392 bytes
SHA-256: d6327dba6b52706ba65b52d88f254050cebfb97f420d6b579dc6a99a9c23d184