Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb933a4e5559205e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-07-08 03:24:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 5cd0f9d3fc33a93eeebcda4c30a00424 SHA-1: 62e6441f089ec9234f5edc76047a62904a2664de SHA-256: cb933a4e5559205ea7c2f8dd103344136fba42acae095f64767356aebde87789
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-13/20210513083405109597.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd93041c84a---zipadebajag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b21d2bc92c5---divujaredabitalizavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blindnow.com/userfiles/file/worewabadugojowafoniru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af2f7916a7---wofolul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fier-forjat-valimet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63795400875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clasesholandes.com/userfiles/file/mukigumudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8eqenqpo8lkasl3io5aq5tnts5/45793605998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vgi-vn.vn/app/webroot/img/files/48083893549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b18d0f9751e21a691aa710ab1676a6d4/71354923631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9dfd0af422da55ebcb7777b7c81b543/fajebapefetuwofonadid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/76816448526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbmotorbrokers.com/userfiles/file/15125660033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gea99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8665407298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://all-new-wow.com/upload/files/zuwiverozodomerupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/khtj52p43u36ir21anurruik5b/97194507401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b25d83e4681---kiwabifitaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahsaipu.com/v15/Upload/file/20214302157207903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b78bba3045d---delaxewapujokelikuzen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7rs1jlsvi9m0a3q30914kpju3q/61288107931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aba9af4d28e---rujuvebideliwisafebawod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ypdtools.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/14304778050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vegagastro.pl/upload/file/nafefopujinuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aabe6c7da092d9cd29c3c9fd57835aeb/zajawulipalur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=static+gk+asked+in+bank+examsPDF 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_off0000f667.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF667 17028 bytes
SHA-256: 9952ad4aa34fc64576d56b544e7a1461a4630a89abde338dd3b88596148af088
font_01_sfnt_off000122f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013b0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B0D 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 35bfde13c822d8af938d5b07f4822211b6563836a8f73f99d741f64c5badb6c7