Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cab3412a07894f2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-06-30 13:33:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c0a9f3eb6186615282eaa055cf68748f SHA-1: 221279962a21c9cb9290a22ca2c1c5db8f406e6d SHA-256: cab3412a07894f2ac91b2d1fdf2157c338099a8243a7f2d6da8e1cc5e9fd4e58
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f846bab5c---sonibub.pdf
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160883aa60f31d---39529033625.pdf
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa1e6caa3b---91076196677.pdf
    • http://crystalsteakandstogie.com/clients/1/1d/1dbb6d5698303b6304ae84622e226a19/File/95748481870.pdf
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/41258822758.pdf
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d905e87575d---6021374237.pdf
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f329f4f146---puvigolujipus.pdf
    • https://acronimocostanzo.com/userfiles/file/22606197551.pdf
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c898f10e0f1---belejipawurof.pdf
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083dc9e7f725---11697154669.pdf
    • https://ratco-hardware.com/Ups/files/73241337296.pdf
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7qo11a874ihrb0o8lgq5oj3l6/jojazapadekubew.pdf
    • http://pahsclassof2005.com/clients/d/d6/d61c4c031b0f3af13d3e88110ef3a3e1/File/70668087205.pdf
    • http://emurus.jp/userfiles/file/53858441975.pdf
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aafff71e620afccd3d9d716a4f58c301/10796827184.pdf
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/94791681287.pdf
    • http://haai.org/upload/file/94406706219.pdf
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d318042829a---najunoke.pdf
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a24a1662e5---zuwogosofobuvamewudezaxos.pdf
    • http://www.peritaonline.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/897721460.pdf
    • http://nw-line.ru/generic/uploaded/solepog.pdf
    • http://tksvolga.ru/userfiles/file/81890551742.pdf
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/18650364833.pdf
    • http://picassogift.com/Uploadfiles/files/17874296105.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+transfer+powerpoint+to+pdf
    • 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_off0000f1b1.bin
2b6c71e1ccf3a1e18619c7e4014aada980466dad93a3668a535b9e3330b9053e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1B1 17392 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011f16.bin
59e4f0911bdbef6de8406b159f7ab88d5a9c9d980afb8a31c07ba658a2711229
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F16 10520 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001372c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1372C 16792 bytes