Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb7d4ddbf39f67c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-07-06 11:50:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 68bf12c6cd3f3903be62c882f28573ca SHA-1: e6ed31a4c6b2c30d77ddba25fb6444757cf0ab71 SHA-256: cb7d4ddbf39f67c274c970cd90829f0324926d751da2f30a8a0f22407b95afa3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, specifically as a phishing or trojan distribution attempt. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, suggesting an effort to obscure the ultimate destination. The presence of multiple PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM firings indicates a strong focus on directing users to external, potentially malicious, web content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://syntellect.ru/Repository/file/ponukonopobixunejodifova.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dfdb5d4121---dobasumivupabur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ozmutludokum.com/userfiles/file/11401439214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astro2sphere.com/admin/images/file/nevad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160845ae496a57---95832923668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protok.pro/upload/files/deminubopejujonatinaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/vakubonifisap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akamercedes.com/images/uploads/files/661616676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qsa7s0etq63bvlhtojdack3cc2/ruxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85f0621c541d51d864e67358b7261dae/35016909065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5pjagfg2r8jvlup7iasd4sba7/11678427383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aae51f5f895---78642693055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/nanupina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cravaluos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tofowik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608568cd15c1d---dewidelil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stiff.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83185440382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o9atqd3pc95jnmbikl41vj03s2/gizubizabifesivini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fae89b5d51---92359878844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9731c4e5dff1d23f41ea8d845602296/favokusigegomaxidogere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607abfed691a1---gogipofewina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szekszardportal.hu/userfiles/file/xadaxabodukekeratexolik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mustwalge.ee/data/content/files/67854267505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc466535c0---tevodinik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b196qu1ppj7qeum0t9ikj8e60/zapupurafinomemuvinajewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b481e97b5da---93948075668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=game+gta+ppssppPDF 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_off0000dc05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC05 19116 bytes
SHA-256: 761d748f1ffa63fe6ede8792f1e4c1c5cc2fd0412a2df85d5dc538cb7d0e7955
font_01_sfnt_off00010ce8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CE8 10172 bytes
SHA-256: d8f34afc6cf523862c7d38e7a4b9727c4a3fc493b2ee973cc0bb7630a7b12301
font_02_sfnt_off000123c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1