Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb5262845a05282c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 18:00:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: cde7e8096a7d0812f5567bad04a32091 SHA-1: 2960d00b5ee47f83be44a28d19e503a6fdf9e9f5 SHA-256: cb5262845a05282c93c0d55843f1df8ded822c9039c1215298233767f125fcfd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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 presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=1967+ford+mustang+repair+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84aa864437bd0e2a2e95bdba363b4bfb/15289949279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0f9b01676---kakewiziwewujutiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guapa2.com/admin/fck/file/fepugavexurokikejefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077771c7b613---wobuxomupajanedutakutajag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogable.de/userfiles/file/datufiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611185f824bf1---megowomudovutapuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaatlantida.com/userfiles/file///51021697025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/nozagazadedexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.premiumtrade.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31770014803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dadd97055fbae1114f7750b59d316f7/93752518389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a869142bfe---jimonepunewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mdteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75572731747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitafest.com/clients/1/13/1337b7689af00ddd847345d48bd720ff/File/sezalatuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608337d44510f---18523355830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d896ba258d---dotez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deltools.com/userfiles/file/92611544019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nexidia.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b6caa0ce454b112b60aeeaf94131d25/mizafafijoxudujoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ud2-140.com/files/gikejesijitijewav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/15233830190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biotanika.pl/upload/file/27526861507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujiya-burbank.com/uploads/files/tebagegugikinutoweloro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097d00c79ede---wizikazovofitapamoleruko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mbamantra.com/ci/userfiles/files/87892834704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000da21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA21 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f233.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF233 18676 bytes
SHA-256: 16a70577ad7052ae0cbea4ed54b7a558968eb9c64e0f80b1ccc2b17cda7897ee
font_02_sfnt_off000122af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122AF 11280 bytes
SHA-256: 28ab5af84f11ccf32d973e2b5ea9e15b0da1b164e2bc5ab839288e975965b20e