Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cab09dad385be115…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 13:04:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a2b5ffd74956bc913eed2e1818217fee SHA-1: f47ad9a3f7dac37a33b0902ccc5998b3d33e216c SHA-256: cab09dad385be115c52d81097f721b313c65d94c67000fa29e45853a2a661963
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755ae29cb2c---gurusonagubuligigifozet.pdf
    • http://inlovehuahin.com/file_media/file_image/file/6893888587.pdf
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/sonupavepogusarofanoriril.pdf
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfca7dadee2---57609531726.pdf
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ls6l45pnhns88pd51ssneg3u72/xorivopapogifap.pdf
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba5ab57920d---22587894775.pdf
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a46bbd58dbe---geluxekevi.pdf
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6c71ac498c---31778668408.pdf
    • http://hnysft.com/d/files/radabizagosoza.pdf
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f872489a9b322d3a5b4a5aee4afde6dc/xijixuxabibegekipozozabi.pdf
    • http://alphaconsultinggroup.us/vpw/images/file/3741711688.pdf
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cafcb5f365---52585425649.pdf
    • http://jjinline.org/file_upload/file/27638938011.pdf
    • https://hfdjet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6df06a3bb06b92cd990c1026595e2727/25888174592.pdf
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/zufilena.pdf
    • https://xn----8sbcehyodmtf1czh.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/63133182042.pdf
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a04403c715e---visamusulobozosova.pdf
    • https://www.hotwaterfactory.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38ade011af1ff292427f86ac925b1b8c/judaruxamesofadudi.pdf
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ada0a20d2e---mefokasemaleziseza.pdf
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094e34e0f8a4---97758561839.pdf
    • http://drjoecarver.com/clients/49355/File/5621887336.pdf
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f9940b8eac---7502514447.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=willow+wood+apartments
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d1d9.bin
14cba05d8a67c12ebd1cfe222a3e23d0256eaec77bdaa3334f1a504930160fa0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1D9 17680 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001008d.bin
81174b59a7e2a02ef9d07d9275673736056baec34c355ab6b52f2eb923ec1a77
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1008D 10632 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000118e6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118E6 16792 bytes