Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbbaab5448d429f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 23:16:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 55dae8926ed11759241c0f6b075bd591 SHA-1: 3bf39a03a151f8543971ac478828d4ae34d4bdf0 SHA-256: cbbaab5448d429f1413faba818cd481ba2c42468e60dcd998cd46808504715f5
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, directing users to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. These PDFs likely serve as lures to trick users into downloading further malicious content, as suggested by the 'SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON' heuristic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf9069d51cc---24356007219.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad1203d97ae---digenosumowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anjingliar.com/contents//files/dumatototerumok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740c7b028b7---pabewira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/198vd200sm8b2045brq0fncsvb/mowiwuguriralug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitalenzyme.com/uploads/fckupload/file/dilipafamafujokotiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160760f2c52996---gerasewuzumafom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinik.ru/userfiles/file/61894969316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veraschwemmle.de/fckdata/file/67163392453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t2s1vqu4u5q388iaj762s8q5e6/lomosujaloxepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc1a0ee806---regevoxuturugepebosezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c86674573a---zajejipaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christschoolblr.in/userfiles/file/warotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6012d8662c---9990451108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dabed306f7e3ec57c4ff4955e301dc70/bamemojolakemeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b49d7f8112b---wovefowadopetusuneteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/262173a1a97ae10715505e905841c86d/99848333195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ltol7rlcrj5i2438hhm9u8nsin/55929723170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns-russia.ru/userfiles/file/nimijawasokekoxopaduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colours-of.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/shn138qc04n1ufkda69nnkof99/64002366398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzeumostrowiec.pl/obrazy/file/zigaragozokigenomupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samowar.ch/upload/file/xawor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d206l8j0lvkohfc8mmnioavbja/poboga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-margherita.biz/userfiles/files/dafojev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba84bca98ca---38632955698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cdc56f09f7---bijusegadefudejum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fertilizergranulatorprice.com/d/files/32748574385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=mardaani+2+full+movie+download+pagalworld+mp4PDF 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_off0000f578.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF578 17376 bytes
SHA-256: 1a747baba08f7f3753e6f9b785590f3484c667f76f4824515945de9542137d16
font_01_sfnt_off00012214.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12214 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013a2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A2B 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 23332df78d0388c3a3195f578e6c7fd98d7173d0abf5947de9148f60dd529477