Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cba4601337b9d9a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-19 15:51:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7ff74f9c01cb40b97ddb450b96aa5d4b SHA-1: 0ce752ac11636d52236e08d93d9714bf6fe9d9cf SHA-256: cba4601337b9d9a74bf8228a189beca3e334efc8c70e0d603a918734c03820f8
156 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 it likely contains an exploit. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to other PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites. These linked files are likely designed to deliver a payload or conduct phishing, leveraging the compromised sites to appear more legitimate.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d165bc7c13---82548180070.pdf
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79cfbdad7c09cea2041830a5f3bf9b7d/guginewixud.pdf
    • http://asbazainville.org/userfiles/file/27840240504.pdf
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca33b5661323afb0cf7ef6cfe8146759/69739823340.pdf
    • http://netmode.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/27426095191.pdf
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984a87dbe4b---6758202396.pdf
    • http://kassa.pl/userfiles/file/dekivijer.pdf
    • http://kapli74.ru/upload_picture/40020192656.pdf
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25a506e818b6c82ced5aa0a1e6fe8e82/19683693429.pdf
    • http://closehorses.com/userfiles/file/36966241856.pdf
    • http://melly-incendie.fr/img_db/83212364440.pdf
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c198b7d4e091795be21a0ff546934a15/29052968660.pdf
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7009e2f404---vixuporasoxukavunutixazo.pdf
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///fawubizasogibajojomakoda.pdf
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/270cbab4ae83f6b0557747470d13bb05/lupofamikezenexozukeju.pdf
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5840c764cba66f095d19dad24b288f5c/5560263281.pdf
    • http://havefuntogether.com/image/upload/File/53801440918.pdf
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c63baf2fed---74851330023.pdf
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea8ff5ed01---bufuzotegurezegowuna.pdf
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/jikeba.pdf
    • http://gloucesterclassof81.com/clients/23558/File/683097041.pdf
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608084219987f---bukovubexomorerofimof.pdf
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0i1bp0eao0rae6fnkcio3g0r1b/91310998414.pdf
    • http://costanzolegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/94237325565.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=labour+required+for+different+civil+works+pdf
    • 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_off0000ed54.bin
b5b79205270d9ae309d54bef72b23ded42bf948127763d1f3d01b68f713c8bb4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED54 16780 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011918.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11918 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001312f.bin
023fd1a7edcec0ca0360f4891481ad63fc7c072fc4bea0498e14543fe9713784
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1312F 11200 bytes