Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb7e976df243f714…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.4 KB Created: 2021-09-18 10:05:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 597358afaa741ea8b29d2a9ae4c0c624 SHA-1: e35c10c0f3bd48c19aa6fcf6833f4be68e9acf02 SHA-256: cb7e976df243f714cdd9f3f3d74d97e53918443e4db401830d9fb5ea06849736
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm, with multiple embedded URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting. The presence of these links suggests the document's purpose is to redirect users to external malicious resources, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://cluboutletmoto.net/campannas/file/12081378862.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53f609a1025ffef24231090cfdddd441/64755579481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ityab.com/cache/fck_files/file/gopuvinig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139bfaf02c3f---gabevukolonidajojaxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unicorn-furnitures.com/d/files/kagamubik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pakistanchristiancongress.org/userfiles/file/55261212104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zussobrance.sk/grafika/dokumenty/xidinife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jowoviwupapotuludimebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minipit.com/data/files/11939197067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techielingo.com/fck_uploads/files/gamuboxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latework.cz/soubory/sepulefobosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartstone.ca/userfiles/files/mukupofogomixaxasagejuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzqljsj.com/images/upload/File/sovefexakuginu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirakuramenandsushi.com/uploads/files/gibowuxuwokixoxotur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5703n1n6999-6a55.com/contents/files/74812233733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crabandclaw.com/uploads/files/muvozidubebag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.winsum.frl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/digadifuvuketip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantanalmsnews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26200086918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visit-pune.com/userfiles/file/53358601015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/161346c274de01---67969580984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fandimnarodaku.cz/upload/file/vudafavavula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://air-con.ru/upload/files/kenisowajovut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nickels.design/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fimigakuwofabojuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b589c380c64ff01a2185e2fe9df1bec7/gajekofabewetopune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.poliklinika-hb.cz/userfiles/file/51600474347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=i+need+you+now+lyrics+smokie+norfulPDF 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_off00011593.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11593 18868 bytes
SHA-256: 9ef66116e7683b5b80daab3503dffa3cdce4bf8d52455f21602d30f2ddad11ea
font_01_sfnt_off000146d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015eed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15EED 10720 bytes
SHA-256: b3e74507095494cc439e0b489ded92ff628f14c61d59b14989b50da353d132bf