Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2cbb32eea7fcfae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 04:31:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0c5085755aca84a74f4242048cd3eacd SHA-1: 8a0d5d52c82f46bc68efee298e8b9796c3bddb55 SHA-256: b2cbb32eea7fcfae615224b97a13dd73418c6b4c862b8ea2adc19921ba66c0f4
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The document's structure, with minimal text and a single image, aligns with a common tactic of using a screenshot to hide clickable malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 http://polimak.pl/userfiles/file/vevufedawagodugikot.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://caf-ljubljana.si/docs/12471274320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/csv57246dugdju4aipg40hrpf3/jajirujep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-vostok.ru/userfiles/file/pezoloruluwozete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exclusivelimoservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ximegojuras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de8e6d2ba7ac53a502222d4230c6e099/fewuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daulte.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wefupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac657e4dd9---28383186050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beulahcooleycollection.com/clients/870349/File/godidawomever.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.polni.si/Images/files/66304803699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161129efa1e7b2---88460561652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46e9da4eba42071419c0fccbe4c26796/niwisutogisexusuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scbczy.cn/up_files/file/20210816_192954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcihlar.cz/userfiles/file/12525966044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03d2e4eb7efa61f337d9b9dad9858f0c/sazorilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolit.ru/files/file/40800213299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k976rvbbgvc5mblu4moa1pto69/56548296406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismofattorialucciano.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52196669288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/241223a4a17e2d318f8446bde0bf8042/54648599536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilturismoinitalia.it/userfiles/files/46150026230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=engineering+drawing+notes+pdf+for+alpPDF 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_off0000ab7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAB7A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c391.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC391 10740 bytes
SHA-256: acad8ca53cbd408708d4a751a671d56e416aafa10be68a29f36d9d81fe13bcf0
font_02_sfnt_off0000dc3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC3A 14340 bytes
SHA-256: b3e694fa0c2a0ff1b709977280bfc936f9d85604ad2bff60c8654eefd02c0482