Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb75af38e496d9ed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 00:23:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0803585937de289d1d2f53ab195774bb SHA-1: fa12f1b1baea4fb3b14e7deae9af5f6d83a9466f SHA-256: cb75af38e496d9ed6bbfcb6fa4ec5c1ca9407bc318d2a84f41a975e57f31072a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to host and distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the attack pattern of luring users to download a payload. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with exploitation and client execution techniques.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724f4621370---dalevakewabovelige.pdf
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a28226ecd3---7116847927.pdf
    • http://asianaccounting.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/92370679346.pdf
    • http://ekotronic.eu/files/file/dipow.pdf
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/stguvi8epc4vj5eu3fbdd3jn33/juxifepapoxi.pdf
    • https://perfecthospitals.org/FCKeditor/file/65576192064.pdf
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0e227e12f---14387014654.pdf
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/319d7928257fdcce66114671a3b61909/fimokelu.pdf
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ibrclvtvg8dae93bd1bg7a0ja7/pibewisaxaroxutiburefokeb.pdf
    • http://web68s.com/upload/files/408685032.pdf
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5074cbefc1540a01052e85e3e350bd9b/judidibugaxawezij.pdf
    • http://verduciautodemolizioni.it/userfiles/file/86729784230.pdf
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s6npv7k2q84flqmq5501gtbnf3/27068211917.pdf
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d51e019b73---vojuzofa.pdf
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c96e9a857c306edf5ab6b3cf15c7dfe4/kivegalifobox.pdf
    • http://wallawallahighschool1968.org/clients/75819/File/76611545012.pdf
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c9e6e2fa35---52917412374.pdf
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160749bc56012d---63981854881.pdf
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a78baa0aec---44411975380.pdf
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa399a04d96---zagagirafigaruguruful.pdf
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e7656e7708---35542296627.pdf
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6762fdef74ff74c88aedb25bd521f5ab/98303256026.pdf
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cec1b8e24bda4677d64dc3684f6c375/nanezaj.pdf
    • https://grupahatak.pl/admin/_fck_files/file/xumipifareretegaj.pdf
    • https://www.elitelawnsolutions.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51nngsin1d3mtbkelok7knsvcb/bizoxinomosubena.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=practical+book+of+chemistry+class+9
    • 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_off0000dac9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAC9 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2db.bin
da0e8b720518b1d901b0e6c8920b34e278f845627891f1f1e087af39450d1439
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2DB 16728 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011e65.bin
6b6a0df9143a0ee1d92e9deff2a9228239e9abf27d3949aa3deae0a67fd47e3d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E65 11012 bytes