Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbfc058926906aca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 15:10:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 2ce902bcb732bf4b0a4ddc97328996fd SHA-1: 83c2b1b62335dd01e36dd2e9bac7b51451fc8549 SHA-256: cbfc058926906aca85045c3c752432030d679683ec174e06b9fd5b79dba1526d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of a link farm and compromised CMS uploads points to an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=my+dad+is+always+angry+and+negative PDF link annotation
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4k3jjh3ot1it1brggh52q8uhrj/zifirumukesogopave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d820ccf75bc10ce5e52971701fe59f15/xurokanupojojed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8be6c5d061---97745635335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mulroyenvironmental.ie/userfiles/file/9770859802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cbd4f1f687e5e6af2f845ab8e8c61b9/turepogaluzedanam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruihuitax.com/files/file/60499891072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c275d8a473d---31948336669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cd73lit28jdcbofngega5s536/62888661571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d53fd7970d---tolilakapibosidolejozis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2995b5fa66eb5a4d36e9626ed98fe05/senifatuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idd.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rusinofitijazinexefuzeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077414ca7d3f---dunap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecniconuti.it/userfiles/files/20489708419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cacd573552---20233118093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e69347a90---94195909165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gat-asset.com/CKEdit/upload/files/2367212732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd8c33cc7a8---jiwutivibale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/76594654771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2424aba6a5---molutupolibazuzuturum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a430a7b51---wikofamaruxozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/vabagexonoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb4f2f32f056ca110f3b43bf6d643525/ritowapenixowuruvebiralox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pronobile.de/catalog/file/36412723542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9ee5e6fccf---neletisexobeselu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandinspirations.com/clients/75274/File/dutufapelasoxuvojiboxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d03007b55c---mubolaluzotadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160770dc3c4333---65264797529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701ae7740bd---35144511181.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_off00010809.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10809 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012020.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12020 10564 bytes
SHA-256: 0a7bb3e858fc5f5b0429ee74bdb26cf5f1ef39ca0f0ffc59df04a77974c18fe3
font_02_sfnt_off00013825.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13825 17624 bytes
SHA-256: 4d839ef5bfca607a502dc8f5de7890fb9a65fea2472e566e551c1392d755d00f