Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb266b2dbda1d442…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 23:41:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 746fe25cdc32c0f91498debd8d067df7 SHA-1: 3ecc68d2b754aab94917cd050ea734c896597392 SHA-256: cb266b2dbda1d4424ea386f0a97bd440cbb6d4fd24055d88ae02705925d0f01b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically identified as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm indicate an attempt to lure users to external, potentially harmful, resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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 https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6e03b95932---laguzejerigudisozop.pdf
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/36843369841.pdf
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/vinexopesuterexu.pdf
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e3dcacf27---zaniwoduzetukobukufid.pdf
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/bakuramogud.pdf
    • https://www.bakirkoytemsilcisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ed095f42c---6854530359.pdf
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a043ca7187---ladifesaxufa.pdf
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b05884826b---pizaponuzikomodafijiganiz.pdf
    • http://jcon-aps.dk/userfiles/file/goladowefarise.pdf
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa2189121ca---voxagijalidawopujakoribu.pdf
    • http://entryexpress.online/chapter_images/files/86914648680.pdf
    • http://yaeram.com/userData/board/file/2599645876.pdf
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3d757a69a0a78bbb23583c4534d0693/selukimusimulepikawe.pdf
    • http://ylgems.com/file_media/file_image/file/beguruz.pdf
    • https://pakistanchristiancongress.org/userfiles/file/sugagexuvulexulevebojep.pdf
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ca83ede39---nuwudaxaxamafivijinuwowo.pdf
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/buvijokivimesegozovaxuva.pdf
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/98981045098.pdf
    • http://opalsolar.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1d16cbcfa---bejazogusazip.pdf
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3210244f4a---vewuxavegiban.pdf
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j3d2ptk1oc5clovead0hfvapoi/57476359088.pdf
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf026067924bbc4de854941ffe01d1f9/wujof.pdf
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c7d3938fb---refomogizak.pdf
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fdah252m7mbka0dgahj5njd6q/gatorodidataxoro.pdf
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcbead7235d---73159674747.pdf
    • http://pitneyclan.com/clients/c/c7/c7afcfad87c307b096642b2e35f52d25/File/pedupo.pdf
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0050551603064e106eb0b9b0d114021/89425464546.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=unit+injector+system
    • 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_off0000c96b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC96B 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e182.bin
290354a7aceab7d19879ead74e9dbe481306e7fce35ab2472dccd04dbd7491f0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE182 10436 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f923.bin
7c99f9d563dc7604f7ebc693af57400371a9258b403572890d6e9242e6ddb79d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF923 16120 bytes