Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb2452af9ed9596b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 06:19:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 973c6641aecf8dbf102e0c818292f98a SHA-1: 75e2c670dbefa4cd87ae5cf7e5b9b055dd6f26c4 SHA-256: cb2452af9ed9596b4ba34efffefd70117895ccd384718041933c31e46bdde8ac
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to host malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further payloads via these links. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://relaxbotanika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mukovi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a455dc1bc20---60512645865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d285d92491549f94376b07708338b45/7481623480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/689f53c29c3173dce06f456e6c7a8dca/2077797710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://master-sign.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jelabukuzimebozabasamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075aaff3009a---tenilobujuwifatido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muabannhagiare.net/images/uploads/files/xelomoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607691b12a4f7---wuxirevaniwokuvuzolemutam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vititanon.com/user_img/files/99638820191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjatkinson.com/userimages/ronarimeneralutenurenasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47b678abac75af53f216b52a6952154b/51864798654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcserviszlin.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40940708566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/3371675535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khanikango.in/file/20647888695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opuspointpartners.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56374483597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c7e60ae87---bexivexiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicklason.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72118016443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2vg86ghs3pao6jrl02c5dp5dg/21843153776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d63jid09p7kio5ots01umo0vr0/neveji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baohanhranghm.com/upload/img/files/sodax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kocarbon.vn/luutru/files/50046496044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc30974fd34---linuzepor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e244f4c6b8---xawedutemedul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=laporan+kasus+katarak+senilis+imatur+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_off00010b42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B42 16424 bytes
SHA-256: dfd3c952b7247af285e4c0e69467d4cb0cf93f90626ead57c09d756f63eb2ff7
font_01_sfnt_off00013602.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13602 10808 bytes
SHA-256: e97025b61ce9b1bc2b0314a39dd316b4bc22f23c244b3bd1a9b37acf7693b6cc
font_02_sfnt_off00014ee9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14EE9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1