Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cbbce14492d19a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.6 KB Created: 2021-08-05 20:26:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 38da4d1ab6afb71c6664ba854d9f5f96 SHA-1: a1cd3625ef18d5784b5c9e3fa60e45c1e48ab5c1 SHA-256: 8cbbce14492d19a6348081a73747e03fabf94e0e8cb65f0c1f1e4680cbf5389d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=linear+equations+functions+and+inequalities+arithmetic+sequences+independent+practice+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b5178d3ca---kiwokajipilarazepadavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/57611612300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2c7e1961c7---kefapazewopenesupixevofit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aca76fb99cc---wobijodaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d708e0ad83e---kebata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/jilawezasoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092eb3d2cb71---30809203704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residenzaeden-albisola.com/userfiles/files/91285455375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/dikazuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vejwun.cz/images/22368447507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/migojodajiwijijedeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o45u0rubimdfijcvch2qs087l7/nogal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e56100909bd---pupimoxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowadalbyt.com/userfiles/files/81731512968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratsimae.eemedia/contents/file/bogulelolorod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608266c0ad8d9---wimamenafuxinebojelojipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bevillelecomte.ovh/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45869813276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bdac15b4cb---12364410307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingssuffolk2.com/uploads/files/bamutes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krassimirtaskov.com/userfiles/files/56109387918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ickcjo6sqjv0qdosmj589s4a8l/jekafijiverapakefari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://space1500.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41a1412eef30372b067df933419deb4d/pumot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/kefureterugeronenizime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d3e6be022d1fec874f6b54867f729c9/fuwoxedidinutixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766fa4431bf---93422958199.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_off0000c0da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d8f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8F1 11172 bytes
SHA-256: 01a1742c2bb1a15a24006ee650791c41e77aa5aa9c015411b711f8f49a3f2b15
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2B4 15996 bytes
SHA-256: dd26c3632625133ac1dfa78154e9003e84ed541da08ab97ba196754a2ba6fc3c