Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbc379abb39440e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-20 04:16:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 040800de1b1eb9a8e5aeac68e4fdc111 SHA-1: c00c6ef1dd7a619d22c61b0f7097bb6223ba0efa SHA-256: cbc379abb39440e98f9a3f69ef999567d4819ae7d34c3c5664824f9c7fb44853
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The heuristic 'SE_QR_LURE' also suggests a potential QR code phishing attempt, though this is less certain without the QR code itself.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=html+download+apk
    • http://goldnumber.info/userfiles/file/tidokodopefej.pdf
    • http://wjcopy.com/upload/files/keledopidile.pdf
    • https://abcelectricalonlineshop.brilliantwebtech.com/userfiles/files/darajajugevesab.pdf
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161332fd83e517---tusugadiraziz.pdf
    • https://tedesco.pl/userfiles/file/53459381420.pdf
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b8ba78884de4cbfacdd352127f9e850/96746413605.pdf
    • http://musthighschool.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kevarogibazaxixakuvifim.pdf
    • http://mtecommerce.it/public/news/file/40997348364.pdf
    • http://ritadas.in/userfiles/file/94686491709.pdf
    • https://sarvodayasamaj.uk/upload/files/33751996974.pdf
    • https://griby.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lowesadu.pdf
    • http://mcutech.net/files/paxatusezalawuxexiniser.pdf
    • https://foodsafebox.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pipobovajuxukovevori.pdf
    • https://maintogelonline2.org/contents/files/63194029659.pdf
    • http://fcgo.tw/uploadpic/files/dejediwusiwedin.pdf
    • http://nyett.hk/uploads/news/files/69295656193.pdf
    • http://seanmore.com/userData/board/file/wuxifodomaboba.pdf
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140ed361c1eb---84373452575.pdf
    • http://boxshop.mn/userfiles/files/nefavagegadasuxujezez.pdf
    • https://milsagliksen.org/upload/ckfinder/files/diwalolisanulawokozoz.pdf
    • http://immobilier-valence-agen.com/userfiles/file/59576334795.pdf
    • http://offerseir.com/basefile/offerseircom/files/5489862754.pdf
    • http://currycornersugarland.com/admin/images/file/zufolor.pdf
    • https://zlato-stribro-investice.com/upload/files/97059607625.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_off0000d09e.bin
5aead2c9198a6076d84c2e85336873ed24af2897f2f44ddc7d3ccba0ad249a6a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD09E 17988 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff2b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF2B 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011742.bin
815aad2825813008da2be63745aa6a125bcf40f32a72f7245bc73cdbed32e56a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11742 10228 bytes