Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbcaa78b141555b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 05:34:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ea0e7847a29545b2e913ddc0216515bf SHA-1: 3eaab34b16deaa08a9d873a724da032c88034bdb SHA-256: cbcaa78b141555b8ca65583c70d8bf9a4b0d9afa71362c403b48abeee2fa4aa6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic indicates a high likelihood of malicious intent, with links designed to lead users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6da4b378ca---mapewerame.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mvhe4fjn3l7hrddnlhqvbcljv1/talexovigadatesum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a40d761f1f7---gekexoget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1c3826df6---19259896338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c92d34751---1761354293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alcantara.cz/data/file/89301219225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f5eb4baa2---41699553276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ni6fn10blfcounsckh78fnh79j/gimoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usa-ex.com/images/blog/file/nerenesemoneka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b663c1c79ec---80469933872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/xedavejaxizat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f2d7d9cbd2---wiradawagirotafefazuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t2t5f920qt7paob5kk3sfp0svm/82554829840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tjsmiqa1h737fg57baceblb2q7/46689416014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klpa.net/userData/board/file/rogupanenijikotanugabejal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veewood.com/file_media/file_image/file/nuzotukaxazizawet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atut-biuro.com/uploaded/file/sesediweberitemetajabak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vhssirimpanam.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lapesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cartolmania.it/file/36343444952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7me7490phfn8r1dlhrg00j3i1/94320388959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yonezawanet.jp/units/24250/zcycom/files/30346762044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/lepetusobog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizergranulators.com/d/files/nagoruzibad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=funniest+sketch+everPDF link annotation
    • https://www.rt9.rspo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fekomazijexajirapasobumor.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_off0000ec43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC43 18436 bytes
SHA-256: e9a4951630ee8cb3e0a8a6ddcdd1a48742cf692a5401825ed25c49802c30008b
font_01_sfnt_off00011c2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C2B 10236 bytes
SHA-256: 90e2cfb4686e7222a457b9d4e11868ba9d61f5b604378ceb335cbf8c9255de1a
font_02_sfnt_off0001331b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1331B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1