Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbe4530c4098cbaf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-08-01 08:34:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 2b6e76d37098df693e681290a0bf034c SHA-1: e8d56710dfeb06431a61c95a96638a3aec5f9b68 SHA-256: cbe4530c4098cbaf341fcbc70576f9a0a29e7894c33ca0d9801602ae6b0b2a7f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to these compromised sites, likely to download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2ac17d6b9d471d46b7f4e2ccc7b7d14/duvupodevig.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ovth.ch/userfiles/files/tiruzerozar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptaki.info/imgekoprojekty/files/95890738421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twothirdsmajority.us/clients/38522/File/77960883595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c85l282gj853hli2t0930fu47l/bodofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073fa38b83af---36706509117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e16d4968fd3---puwetopuzutemixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://presssimayeshahr.ir/pic/file/gasifewasojesobozopoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1arbfjoe3bzh.xn--p1ai/data/files/39810477197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parfumzone.ro/files/file/82595412384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4417813f9cdc564583359492742c4663/99385481243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cihiqpf3q6so6v94slecj866s6/pitepudanere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m2f9a1r9hjusnnlfkvi972d8p4/87480080407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160915412a1439---nanus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marmaraisg.com/images_upload/files/33807821617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076dc5c8209d---rexavefokivoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b744370f11---86526944791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cec-intl.ru/app/webroot/files/file/suvosare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160737921358d3---rujirilunumufalupuputoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/vumirijodaxewalusesakog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jerilyndavisrobison.com/clients/870655/File/ravixavezodurewiwogexate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledson.ru/upload_picture/13123843208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0418e01cb---xofane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=hacksaw+ridge+hollywood+movie+hindi+dubbed+download+480pPDF 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_off0000ca16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA16 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e22d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE22D 11860 bytes
SHA-256: 93cec9820e20889b3a71def4a0d7b9e944e0eee8a39401d185ec315b4eb2af43
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE0D 16504 bytes
SHA-256: 40866e539786f4b985fcd5576ed4e530611d126c0f94f368d4dd6dbbdfcc55ec