Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb505f8d3157056b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 22:11:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6b951d8a77ee41c980e093063f467ade SHA-1: 45872bd522630db88123548b9dc2f10c192ceb76 SHA-256: cb505f8d3157056bdde8949d8a166ab763a240f576e299375cdb7127b4ec9d28
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting. These links likely serve to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious payloads, aligning with a spearphishing attachment attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9893

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=yellow+bellied+water+skink
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31213156455be608110e0a40c4ac3a14/86943955894.pdf
    • http://beta-rc.com/upload/files/84169778757.pdf
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de3d372b61---jegekowerujeda.pdf
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe1ebe6897e2c957fd74afdfb625d8fe/vonugutexulo.pdf
    • https://mcq-exambd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16463957931.pdf
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607209afe493b---peretonidiligevupur.pdf
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/483d3e7a70a6ef9821952c4a94a2807a/jemexavevefa.pdf
    • http://cuacuonductudong.com/upload/files/berinofemajovupata.pdf
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iceccua8magc11m1ftv8g8bdbl/48313040250.pdf
    • http://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/zevosifoduvawi.pdf
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mol7a7gkuqsdkhama6hlbbe5ki/9441061601.pdf
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e0b6847c01---getafoxepudenizixerenol.pdf
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077bdb20d16e---zotisuwotikokaropinufizol.pdf
    • http://n2nlah.org/UserFiles/file/68348147111.pdf
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079bb4e9b1d2---gofegukenizi.pdf
    • http://euro520.net/userfiles/file/16232758711586081636.pdf
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89e436171fd5cc41993925c30dc88c27/84556427474.pdf
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c25e29534---58607905982.pdf
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b860784ca59---55651304758.pdf
    • https://wkd-uk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60803e9a747be0a810d96e889b6229d8/33536017792.pdf
    • https://webupdate.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fh0rg4ocjakq5o1f6mh7bij4g2/70132690047.pdf
    • http://studiolegalezullo.eu/userfiles/files/12603953949.pdf
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96a8a16cba1115d3475d90d57d45ee19/refuwamufaje.pdf
    • http://2ds-creations.fr/userfiles/file/tojokivixurukiganebifid.pdf
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e2a572d8e9---17760600308.pdf
    • https://monyetjoget.com/contents//files/55518181098.pdf
    • 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_off0000c5b4.bin
190c5270e481710111c37ccdc7c6bd99807f5acc4e9a96dc0a68368ad1e6ef8e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5B4 10544 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dde0.bin
82ad1f5a4437812704fbb134f0d58a7364b14e075799818f2269a4183f24798b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDE0 16388 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000108a0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108A0 16792 bytes