Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cfb7a39323ab28d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

119.2 KB Created: 2021-08-12 06:01:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 1ab9a8dab135b3ed28e6b8f6b5da680b SHA-1: e78f6350196182d22293bc39103afb58f3711295 SHA-256: cfb7a39323ab28d75963ba7238788e5a852e9e48e53cdc0d25b3843ee6f4a220
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 0.9885

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 https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+update+mmi+audi+a3 PDF link annotation
    • https://comfortinnbarrie.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/55842184088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/kuxinatoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93d72dd5975bf651c8cb4ced04bebfb0/39743292551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41cce75cffb68d8e6b5b78e4929be8f3/86975026027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncallanatomist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/perekusadipuxavazajawemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edu-soft.ru/site/htmlimages/file/radewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fb58e59f4cd0106b8825d48e883c5ac/tenuzezuvopagitafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c84defe6a2a---2817676764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6da063f5a0---serewutepovamusewil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chnli.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/95607213967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marjoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/45999424366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1pcvo9kjb2ug1htsek1saak772/vipasikotitopivafir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608243114e4e1---70559148742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mostex.sk/files/articles/file/72037151171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3ec22a13a19bb2f4b14b72f93683820/majazovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gberwanda.com/gbe/useruploads/blogs/files/dedigovovaradi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medica-brno.com/files/wepoxovujojogorodejaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://host.keraladreamhomes.com/~viswabrahmathach/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/22772661423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827e01c9a58---koximapubedonuluxubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c61d2c262cd---galuvedofug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chokmanee.com/userfiles/file/xukogodozewajupefiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banderlogclub.ru/Files/file/41704387768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610fc5b69be7e---mimaritijarofiwekofijat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8ce41c5a7---92735831351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108956edf409---tulefebeloje.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000145fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145FC 10484 bytes
SHA-256: fc608caab260a1154f7c3ba11426d0ae2fddf9226b4110cc865116a8de22052a
font_01_sfnt_off00015dd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15DD8 16140 bytes
SHA-256: 00b1f632e8afe72716c8bcdb76b7901b56c060d1dc0f96f3f5c1b8373b85735b
font_02_sfnt_off00017350.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17350 26244 bytes
SHA-256: 9c1f13ccf250840cb21e507948a22e47b20a086db2e228b64264f31fc67dfe6a
font_03_sfnt_off0001b54e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B54E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1