Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbca9cc29e81b39c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-18 02:38:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 36b1b693d5d2877efaf766acefc67006 SHA-1: 6d236d933af513c79735e09b4ea9e9eaf2a4fe7d SHA-256: cbca9cc29e81b39ce82f6dc16b7ce5943a1b134629925161d5628ae1f2d161d8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports this, indicating a lure for users to download a payload. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=drastic+ds+emulator+no+license+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://yoshitomo-kokubunji.com/jcfiles/file/62211163980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ancoraeducacion.com/images/tojitumipeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuszdounky.cz/files/20507442955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourhealthyanswer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67616633949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144d536be18d---18530760256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hueide.com/upload/files/biwugugiluzaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.detskaoptika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49931657619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kirmatas.com/userfiles/file/96975862663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studionegrelli.it/userfiles/files/nipezuxofiguziwekizepaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelascanu.it/uploads/file/rijepunuwubaxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papierplus.pl/userfiles/file/jelukemowexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b040c518df---59442473802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16e7f42e11456945049c9720626291e2/11734476756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anapro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90430030043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizit-k.net/uploads/editor/files/14165234758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dreiseengrundschule.de/files/83149471998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanakol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37645143284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://women-for-marriage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89408194054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hantverkarenisandby.se/UserFiles/files/murojuguperorevolulexunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5m6gaqju8mi3eg1v5dj4db62r5/62354120985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dce9fcb07633ac0eb976e5954ae1f6d0/59132705203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chupwo.com/editor_upload/file/nazobajifaberidipugilan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalitelivideoizle.com/resimler/files/vopinijexudada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pottoka.info/files/galeria/files/45998588166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corcreation.twbiz.me/data/fckeditor/files/20210907_235129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e3c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3C2 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 2a286da06656ce5a7bf3354db60bb3a5297835a9f5746c72e16c8bc965b94114
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCDE 17572 bytes
SHA-256: 4c3f8f0ce35e8ee50b471252e45acf5f365fcbebd8d34e7b7a617d22eb84923c
font_02_sfnt_off00012adc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ADC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1