Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb20343d11e2b4a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:09:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0d1e1507730bd8ed2afb32e9f9922c67 SHA-1: b6f2845e2b439ee10257d729b336a40371bd33a4 SHA-256: cb20343d11e2b4a555272062a9d76f914261467140d7d4a6747d52f0bcf45462
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

Heuristics 6

  • 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://drapikowski.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/53984033166.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jasz-pap.hu/UserFiles/file/memab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57ced80a1e7ddb5feadac8499ca4228e/65872121396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6d5bdb96bd---gizaditokiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ab1a9a.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/98471135268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aps-mes.com/files/file/45875271606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-domodedovo.ru/upload_picture/file/volagogibabulewonikifizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuoitre.bacgiang.gov.vn/lib/ckfinder/files/wixefevebok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budaikepkeret.hu/uploads/file/84759829337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoldlepes.hu/userfiles/file/9432108092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608943e02f930---56000828916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alajuusa.ee/media/contents/file/59668654158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palami.by/images/file/14493205538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecs4.com/intranet/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zivivewidologajeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a591c1eb0cb---5608553808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faurau.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/86752104051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oo94jfvv6kqd2c39cnq35f9d95/71726132211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upbilbao.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rodakubeseboxelanajizej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samyenngochoang.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hp7humabf1kg4s1tie2e70h6a7/sogebutobokewufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857cc64bb58---dewolabakatenupug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ded4aa5a421---70991188304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5543e7b801---99241994863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=you+deserve+the+glory+lyrics+and+chords+pdfPDF 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_off0000adcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xADCD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c5e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5E4 11160 bytes
SHA-256: 0aa7d2eed7f23b8729e7545b05530a99885aaf87da7e2485c7e8680b99463144
font_02_sfnt_off0000dfbc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFBC 13816 bytes
SHA-256: d29302d9c7b4ef09f7d10a8efea0a39c4d71f372af8cac69e2e4ed2828789a69