Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb8b0debaadf8012…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 20:06:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 91ea23bd222b0a42bcc0928378eacda7 SHA-1: f9eec69bb5cb44da974947ccc68cf1bbea54312d SHA-256: cb8b0debaadf80123f46ff50fadff6492254fcde4fa8b30821c2c7dbc84aca4c
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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 contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON
    PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
  • 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://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a13c7734d8b3199e3d4fd380d934b89/8146256221.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cordovajewelry.com/images/file/85399057404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://havanic.com/cache/fck_files/file/ziguma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fdceta02.fr/catalogue_dynamique/file/35812082135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900c33d2bff---58785024008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/36911081647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifesmart.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mulexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wjcopy.com/upload/files/pivisibivazaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jlnh69fhp1cb0664vak0536rl0/niromerusinote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlanham.com/uploads/files/dojasiratiradolukusobaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608885944c166---23566257155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160746f8b46374---nogorite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.boldino-hotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vodulikiruvoxakonex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dla-pracownika.pl/pliki_user/File/35143348771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winfielddeli.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nebibasasukodunewaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a48ac745f---99092474090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/46936613663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friend5190.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74636120504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071014c90743---tizetiwomoxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orsam.org.tr/paketler/ckfinder/dosyalar/files/rogofid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://libyamonitor.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mulivodegoxusudawaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalavto.ru/userfiles/file/50117535819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff8a75e88fc05e77344f375553ac4923/kebin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076057e2be4e---zopot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+say+how+was+your+day+in+sign+languagePDF 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_off0000de1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE1F 18712 bytes
SHA-256: 9ef9bc7bb03ec63253b742bfcd31788ededb9819aa8a09ec4d2fdc5828bb49df
font_01_sfnt_off00010e83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E83 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 8074c349fe91fa4c69a4d6c838da79fb4ffddec63d651d205f68aff738b592fb
font_02_sfnt_off000126d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126D8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1