Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb0b62ca6554bc64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-06-29 16:09:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 9dd83c355d3fb17ffb04aef7a6298605 SHA-1: 29893a205dd6ec23f8e6803350fa7176dd595ac4 SHA-256: cb0b62ca6554bc646ee3694b7c63d0019a185e14c5154b637b67abc7b94d9289
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the presence of numerous external links indicates a primary function of directing users to potentially harmful external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e09fd623dd---nexuvimukunorus.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://coytex.net//ckfinder/userfiles/files/63350313062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burmesecatclub.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ce1cfcb95013c824bbe98b8c873cd9f/mapewenubesasukixevixog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huile-de-nigelle.info/userfiles/file/vowekafonozabakudawilaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olgapopovaphoto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76ae6bd7887de6d508e00128bfc99d32/xuvogumov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900c61a5371---68048813944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7a86e59e89---ruporifebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donateagift.eu/userfiles/file/xurakujamazopisine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gachbinhduong.com/upload/file/fofivuxodebebirax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608deedc614d4---97824495132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4t9f74f77c17i847eeevgdnkhe/51202745233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haniltm.kr/upfiles/editor/files/43573294553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d73de59205c08bafc111253c22d6b9a/vatonefepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091737fbe9e0---87304613322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091b9fe61c37---pifafodejozanude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcf8b234ea1---23024481941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb2dddc0fc---77487257209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b9rsisaqfo4r67i7rgutna622/mujixasefopakopabomuguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cd43e24d520aac1b25db9355429e25e/zebizex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghaija.com/userfiles/file/66168400285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a043a1b5c0a---ronoridatofadopuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbar.com/upload/files/duwexij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juentai.com/userfiles/files/togagitetutevijovado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d06b51bd8---31513734181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=m%26s+interview+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off0000d931.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD931 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f143.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF143 22548 bytes
SHA-256: 8078a664c57299881cf40a396491791b38b9d4c617d662d656bd91d025328fef
font_02_sfnt_off00012921.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12921 9068 bytes
SHA-256: 0c5dc90c3de47cffa0504e1bb228b014d25b31b00ac4265d3cd1e9712d82adbe