Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0cbdbdbb095d4ff6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-06-29 05:37:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c7d8cc1048a67a42297785401c4de295 SHA-1: eafa6906d1e99546a1def98203a721c9cf81db71 SHA-256: 0cbdbdbb095d4ff6ffe5e0e967002956bb403ab7c8dd9fcb14abe659323120e7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests the document is designed to redirect users to potentially malicious websites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+interested+you+in+this+position+answer PDF link annotation
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3543f8cb6d066a284c39ff0a881b7688/22971261099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa2e450857---jonuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9nlrjg0fdc952tr0msb1epvdh1/11201071985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/41817408646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarouba.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruseduvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/66355391247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607619859199e---52014025740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kvrrv2ilubtdms2el5ombdiqvn/genipedibovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a11622048ab---51892496225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa7b3ee1e1---27833990337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngusacdon.com/upload/files/42903320635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c98546ed8c---29882677896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc2bb445ed964fb3f62610232d2144c8/bujirad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitneyclan.com/clients/c/c7/c7afcfad87c307b096642b2e35f52d25/File/46316514959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brmc.jp/user_data/userfiles/files/12487227437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2016montemayorreunion.com/clients/e/e5/e530e98a7ee505477716bae2fe71cdef/File/lugorizasib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qvq4u6sjuhsmi49rp0f9ds8v8b/27869846349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghedanang.com/media/ftp/file/11561369975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a8b5d8b51---xomufigesadagifozopowizux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kchgjdbdhncg3rsfs9kdo04uk9/togutupejitivexupokazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandchainfamilyfoundation.com/clients/85333/File/96765547159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkontakt.pl/dat//file/88420998361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7ef3912c59---tefozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamtomchabahai.com/uploads/files/files/dodadavasirukawetanos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7309e21a20---69376679840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pivotal-technologies.com/userfiles/file/wexirijofenixukadigizu.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_off0001045d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1045D 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 155f01b4751c2577e68ded38b4b73adcabd106703fe55069f00cf8a99b170b56
font_01_sfnt_off00011d16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D16 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013528.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13528 16800 bytes
SHA-256: 52268c6927a4d780a987379ae06d7fbe91b5bf5b8a4c6c0d55e3e636f9447eba