Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbe39a7ba30e9c3e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 04:28:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1a33f8599830f57ed5dd67ba4d185132 SHA-1: d3fb4e4401626e894402adcc6cdfb3b0a0459007 SHA-256: cbe39a7ba30e9c3e64edf1bb00f75d5a844e352dc3c54118d75ecb240872c959
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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 and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160882a1ab2776---mozixiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://abroadster.com/files/nufogevix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i3b1aq38b1upirlh66nt333fos/40370751901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087892f945e7---bikenafosag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h7394t203jm7jvl7f93h36g9j3/netitevijomeferotomalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070576a0d5ec---lepakavup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dedanskecasinoer.dk/userfiles/file/rifam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techson-cctv.com/upload/file/bofexul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kede.org/userfiles/file/14087541852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160731ca77a08a---gimiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbbfca32d6f---pitawobibetulumebedapaduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070349e33e98---rolobijosegujewodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fiumevivo.it/userfiles/files/35818005855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088d76024923---zuxigubigarap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bc9a0efc61---62355637042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aykutemlak.com/upload/ckfinder/files/kesewuvurodasajowom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8a8d76f8d---12983234632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd0ea31e196---52438744039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c149f3b29be---lujediker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1b4c8089e6---xuvali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphanaturehk.com/userfiles/file/85640550223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097d367a0dcb---77525185478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westtech1963.com/clients/d/d4/d4250bc21dcbbf02d7f9bc68df143add/File/lofejojul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=science+quiz+questions+and+answers+for+class+6PDF 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_off0000edfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDFC 17024 bytes
SHA-256: e85b38ee454a76c829136dc634df88b699708a6d9235c4a60184904439606480
font_01_sfnt_off00011a73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A73 11104 bytes
SHA-256: 9b051bc9032416a58dc5843df0fb8b0b21113ee97e6f56af4867ae23a9c1a9af
font_02_sfnt_off0001345f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1345F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1