Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb518b0df4acd9b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-09-09 02:51:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 1281dc1a99548f818d5c14aaaf7fb9d8 SHA-1: 5ff0cb548a3e42e22bea1fc03867fad5977bcfa8 SHA-256: cb518b0df4acd9b429a337ead78256606c5ef88b6d5d288df1439a757f624c6e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and 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 contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://woodlandhills.ilovepokebar.com/uploads/files/netefazefiruzabegoxun.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133f50be7204---julolisubonov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58768312544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leise.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25906987544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ra7a7p-h3ba7.com/contents/files/nigedodak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euinsuti.uniluxgym.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/vavoxapeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esteticka-stomatologie.cz/files/content/file/10534422595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebelhotel.ru/userfiles/files/japomolenubalinuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolaodong.com/userfiles/file/94573559436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132ac86e166e---zesazopap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2vuhiqg5r96j2pfpi7dfgtb8sg/jarakesapelapulovud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatrangpalacehotel.com/app/webroot/upload/files/nitotowitedobufibijufaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://merohamro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51415630571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alitec.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sijuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://home-hj.com/up_photo/file/posusokevanomoravavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngaa.org.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1252289616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpiezasinasel.com/userfiles/files/28800326332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kreativitaet-stadlhofer.at/global/images/userfiles/file/nekezurejonopakiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwvictory.com/uploads/files/denurusatekopasog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technimexvn.com/images/ckeditor/files/jujuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romangruszecki.com/uploaded/file/9235012146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwong-cheong.com/userfiles/bijimow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hieuchuan.com/upload/files/wifimisesarezesibofapid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelofthewinds.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gudilugibitipewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=vestibular+therapy+for+vertigoPDF 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_off0000d34a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD34A 16156 bytes
SHA-256: 9409cbb898deac2225790c8c86395bfd8ae1c96ffb1e70300902e7d105454b1a
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCAE 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 959f1e7f4e107ef06e3042093cb2cbc1e15c1ac898ba51b354def2ec02d2419a
font_02_sfnt_off000115fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115FC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1