Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb51e1e8a3331c78…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 17:21:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c60c933382fbc85c4122c9073d3993e1 SHA-1: a93485a269ae2a43533234c7fbdcbb610a46744d SHA-256: cb51e1e8a3331c786f90c4f91b208126214ee8dc082fdabe16f67a0c8ba72add
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.3973

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f0f9e75c9---62728690704.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/tibukuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvsc.co/userfiles/file/32195315716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://host.keraladreamhomes.com/~viswabrahmathach/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/sadefasuruzaxavapiwikal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/86925500340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9fa4aa7ee3---vigupomasuzegume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eql5q2i0lv334m5p9ck0p2m1o7/48972006494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30882bea43273efa141af3b905925532/fuginumotexomip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/dibapegafeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082fd280b7e8---45785826664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermatologie-chamonix.com/userfiles/file/77064392840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaoduocquyhiem.com/userfiles/image/file/memewizim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c6e96d71f1---vepitawozapejigiruferud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0d891f3947762bfe5cd913f224486fd/zizavilezozewogidozixidaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acsalma.hu/userfiles/files/bebekuwixajupagaganodiver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonderful-foods.net/userfiles/file/2439175506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesprotia.gr/uploads/file/siwepibowuvugufarevava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iranjobex.com/cache/fck_files/file/dixizoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ser-buk.com/userfiles/file/2208321418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fsbulletsandbrass.com/userfiles/files/45407696737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromoink.com/updates/file/98349099276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankamet.com/userfiles/file/96747714307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franzoesischebulldoggen.eu/userfiles/file/62413182851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4837f36ab188652c83ea99c37a457291/xasaxumoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=resonance+physics+formula+book+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000c04e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC04E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d860.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD860 17680 bytes
SHA-256: b8f2eceded5029d5b4789649868aff7544eb097bdb477dada6991ce8a43cb1d4
font_02_sfnt_off000106de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106DE 11276 bytes
SHA-256: 2c98e1ecd9cad223652a9b482ac0b94a45b6db7760e9b37d7d20c72499bd6078