Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb0738921fdd4d2b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-08-27 19:13:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: bccf3d6bcdd725c62d10de1621f47133 SHA-1: 8b91ef18c6fa647fb1ce02f583861da96084a2cf SHA-256: cb0738921fdd4d2b168f9d4edb1b3b3690d93f74d4f332a8643364b47ffe6ec1
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a clipboard-command (paste-and-run) lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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
  • Clipboard command execution lure high SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE
    Document tells the user to copy or paste clipboard content into Run, PowerShell, cmd, or another shell-like execution context
  • 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://clifestyle.net/uploades/userfiles/file/42203546261.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aimtronu.org/userfiles/file/zulepelumerijumegovukaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profil-metall.de/content/uploads/file/46240286809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dac6c7fabb3893f05fa9073966e5a62/68964885057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ri-rm.ru/userfiles/file/topuxajum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0328fce60f---wirebonamaguzewujib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c86d61348f3735d8e26a96f0c119a8e4/gujafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ghsfss9pneapfc6vrs95ebsnn/lumekuwusesefilirag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5320655183---95108612480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd79a2e81cc---pitogijitotuzuruxexutekig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaun-produzent.de/userfiles/file/12586434239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damiel.eu/userfiles/file/10874984898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassungsdienst4you.de/bilder/file/30014934848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e28e3ca2e---96477252697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/banujefax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vokalensemble-vocembalo.ch/userfiles/file/74183648408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fd83d48b27c7ed31a292e9cae777659/rugapukaxizuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://droneducational.com/admin/userfiles/file/17986341867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac06e79927---3545329154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilexgold.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/nisubosesom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eb18be07bf---fukoxefegozuged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826918dde3b---99077443866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9d5f40b245---nezetegajome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divodizain.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66579283927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michardardillier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19989024368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=best+php+manualPDF link annotation
    • http://www.thaiticketmajor.com/static/imgUpload/files/zanowofevepoduvorenije.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_off0000ccbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCBD 18184 bytes
SHA-256: 4cee63f52cb24d463af291d8c3e0c2b7695d7ca2396901a97c871bdce4dceef5
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC17 10356 bytes
SHA-256: 5a517633be2ad45b7b08442fcafb605b767e7e1d80527c49cc50ab9fecbb6551
font_02_sfnt_off0001135a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1135A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1