Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbbc3ac925a090f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-06 07:08:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 98389a3fdfde12c30acf7402cf9e8cdc SHA-1: 0d2590edf2a84a24932aba5ee780312764512165 SHA-256: cbbc3ac925a090f3765940e2aa3af88747dc97196e08d1658d2c842404fe4d85
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious link distribution scheme.

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 http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb759a1729---9846106378.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075284781f28---gajajudifixotonuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/wopasolerubixodenes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/xatidekosokux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcef4da7d0c---71944029024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084384a8d553---zuwexexaresu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhatngudongkinh.com/upload/ckupload/files/tedel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c3a102612---delutikafotebux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verduciautodemolizioni.it/userfiles/file/76102277772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df23f02b10e662e96d2903ae6ab787d9/18169493851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chpcentre.com/files/file/xotukiwozezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ece1ed5da---96582617409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pngroup.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rubasex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae085094eac---8877190612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timeyear-v.com/userfiles/file/73395740004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ee76a7ebb---likisizuxikigulikiwejigud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160749712c52d5---rokiwenepujodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92c008a542b3c5f6edb9d508430c2afc/pesezixisamogetiligivij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ceda2f00dcd---17883703911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd022512dbb---59620998491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jatyn.cn/upfiles/202105/file/1621113353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/766e4e2525afe830a4815a582612cda5/84236527429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmagame.com/userfiles/file/51846400571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avela.md/userfiles/file/58256054517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/648f6a4c9ec44d571a97eb6fa01c1ff8/wogajatugaxidavavatebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+water+bottles+is+1+literPDF 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_off0000ebf5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBF5 17268 bytes
SHA-256: 5165ecd92caf27e11e85007e68e35dc03751bc1b5946686d57b0d985c30c0af2
font_01_sfnt_off000118be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000130d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130D5 10652 bytes
SHA-256: e0ac62196e7af4b91069eaef4765a59d7ebf865310baa5c5faaacecfb92cd163