Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd8fcb500852ed63…

MALICIOUS

PDF

119.6 KB Created: 2021-08-06 06:49:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c374b13e365492a4e8becc7b1fe91cc0 SHA-1: 9b2ee936fdf2236ffa1c61cdd5313ad542ba7c62 SHA-256: cd8fcb500852ed6344af6ad6d56e4f8282b52adddffc0a88e8035d64112853d2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The PDF structure and embedded links are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4b26ad4bde---xulexavor.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://elisa5888.com/shopadmin/upload/files/fewogagiwabise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://therealmccoyfamilyreunion.com/clients/f/f9/f9ea119420dddc0cc5ac7622830b9f68/File/28350292148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.toptehnik.si/images/kafebisetisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miyozenemeryville.com/uploads/files/lumosisiminufekox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/67106437642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca8f034b0c48f62525c200c90bea62ee/vomarivagekifiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsonconstruction.net/userfiles/file/42070503256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reikihaus.com/clients/75291/File/91639373072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cahayamimpi1.com/contents//files/92512851974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cybernet.asia/UserFiles/File/14906318435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/fokefefegavapitimovosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushi-belovo.ru/files/43872691013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protechlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e569f8f58c8f76f9281953bf2fad569/lisomavititaxalinibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nokianhakkablue.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zigenapexesidexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bbc5f993b635ae57f5badb1f8312ad2/25533539748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3463d4360---5139420467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610113d713a22---kelugamumofogagugebax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuduchouse.vn/pics/file/noxoduwogiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51163596537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ced33a375a1---zulewufebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daglichtfilters.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juwetude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c64962f292c2a4eb2a337b91df630ba8/54767865651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/650a1b7fa071031b207bfdefe7e25614/84793195740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b1efb721c2---47644160974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=why+does+potassium+permanganate+react+with+glycerinPDF 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_off000169a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x169A2 11252 bytes
SHA-256: 30cd2777b979f3c6c2037df82ea8431dccd66134422a77b2789e3d379646ba08
font_01_sfnt_off000183b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x183B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00019bcb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19BCB 18656 bytes
SHA-256: 0d64085f7bfefd8a37acf9d38f8bb9b0c6e93a44da83b14c68b8b41ad368af19