Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbd6135fbc79c593…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:34:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4ed74bdcd79bf13e470fefa581774e63 SHA-1: 57b531d4140d980399812190724a65f71e4227bf SHA-256: cbd6135fbc79c5937392e81c784b55b7dee13b108be3c84c49077aeacf21e363
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Numerous external URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The PDF structure and embedded content, though heavily obfuscated, are consistent with phishing or malware delivery lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=series+type+ohmmeter+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9c9307cdf0---68173443080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/29397590580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haki.vn/uploads/files/95098296713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e3edu.vn/public/ckfinder/core/connector/php/connector.phppublic/uploadsfiles/lefofevilofifivagew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1b168c1e4---temazujireb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2a4e1721a3---42401088420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gospel-pour-100-voix.com/fichiers/newsletter/file/kosisuzejim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112685535fdc---vomogewuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4457e9def1---vawanululaxononuzopijaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/begajuwadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d997e4c914c6fd42bcc5f2f0d19eb25f/xonopafilelovajajemokod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e41b070f015---dilokogigokawolabumavefaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soupworld.de/upload/file/40451454632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fidaoa7uch15fobsg6dfv7i0bo/dibijobelugomezelaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesishotel.com/res/wysiwyg/file/milawanive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cggdkihhoj7r6ltmofovnkbdg/5764808334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michaelwilliamslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vaxonuremopoketowawitigik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705818df5c3---44861778123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aylincinarli.com/fckfiles/file/lobasezafawox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przedszkolenisko.pl/userfiles/file/67943063943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krukaiart.com/userfiles/files/53151004981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hitpoint.tw/userfiles/file/wosunuwowisijifinotagera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f057fib176go4bcpn8ke3153f8/87972320458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nolimitscenter.be/peausitive/images/FCKeditor/file/81492122728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://justbuymeds.net/userfiles/file/69543913236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-premium.com/user_file/files/kunaxuv.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_off0000ed66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED66 17720 bytes
SHA-256: 9af89d446890e2bd964d42a4fb4996cd542e0d428c3f345faad765c19dc54578
font_01_sfnt_off00011b63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B63 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 833fe566a38b2f7b904b112708bd33792e2f7c15e8d136292cedd986686bf09c
font_02_sfnt_off000133c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1