Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbcdbbb85e021fac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-08-11 22:51:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 8ea4dd580ebe65e154a6485a8a062ecc SHA-1: fc1d6bedd5e0b4a550edb21284df4ed5cb1e681d SHA-256: cbcdbbb85e021faca5d8c7796b644c030307c73632c093d11b56099b9df7b2e4
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73cab7e2acf7064be5e964d3f119a05f/fifate.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tovicetour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210714_98ACA415E89258C0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzmzwl.com/Uploadfiles/files/77778297651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectifff.be/imgdb/accueil/files/26358808067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a5303c30d---1476854047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceskylakros.cz/userfiles/file/4056081619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3q1p.com/upload/file/210612094859197252gfax3w8zxf7z.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gretajensen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77048064419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727add512f9---37910009384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a63a8f687c5---povexitaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cce6fed7598---kaminarolisepilikofod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbf36c747f---67816487379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckrestaurantgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61393800408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3aea9a6e9e98e0d9c33b8093dc20838d/lasativivezefozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078398827ee7---lexalef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kristinanamaste.eu/files/kozawepasar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongthamnguoc.vn/img/files/dajalafoxuzozanuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luisacortesearchitetto.it/userfiles/files/57831540192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ecabcdd2a---mexutogumanovubuxeloti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099233ea3111---38950394029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mududisewozuripimad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rlvanstory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/033c2bcf4f85b443c5ff9562765bb941/59683392237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferdavagnar.is/images/fck/file/53911939077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themalc.org/files/file/7790909148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=new+whatsapp+status+tamil+songs+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000d74b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD74B 16344 bytes
SHA-256: 2fbcf1cf827c136015e5808ad83a306872cde15bfe5f8f4844476d6089335f0e
font_01_sfnt_off0001018b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1018B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000119a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119A2 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 54c7866b98f5e8628d54bc02b06fecd62ef8138d5d242ec839ae288761c29191