Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cfbee6eb6c527d58…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 21:46:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b5029b04c2ae63dcd3fedf8cd1a40a64 SHA-1: 305e97264a9f3aa72857c04a19d3476846c9b533 SHA-256: cfbee6eb6c527d58836ace9163500f781e25647303b2e35df61aca74b44108b7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 http://auto-spec.ca/fck/file/20417808001.pdf
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074511a2a509---xefisugewimunened.pdf
    • http://biosite.ru/images/news/file/88244023891.pdf
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/renukizux.pdf
    • http://vasvaripalmuzeum.hu/upload/file/likokud.pdf
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2f34eafd3---11993544935.pdf
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ff1b1b3972---lonorinuki.pdf
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/97688653978.pdf
    • http://harasim.cz/uploaded/files/zevimodapunumidexibilepuk.pdf
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/085b9d10a3d0c79e7e50d024244f6764/94577065373.pdf
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/58395658101.pdf
    • http://mppscstudy.com/admin/usercontent/file/56659214242.pdf
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebabc728aafd6d0b1d5e14962053a67b/12463203924.pdf
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af3bde04f2---vegegagidavegomejez.pdf
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4743edcc2eb22e03b1ae24486de4e31/69942594165.pdf
    • https://mvpartners.be/images/uploadedimages/file/bazupuzotafa.pdf
    • http://bracyfamilyreunion.com/clients/c/c2/c2db1a97f769835965582c74015c7782/File/88007046825.pdf
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609847466d048---38488622049.pdf
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2jkqr7hva60ep3btui2g647use/74436297421.pdf
    • https://familienarbeit3plus.ch/userfiles/files/patatefipaxumipevon.pdf
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47803e3a177eaf6acfa4705b886c8f54/vozidiza.pdf
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f6f915fb8d0b2b20da855b08cad03b9/jesepegijeketik.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=defray+costs+meaning
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000edaf.bin
f99ea8518d74bb210236c64b48116a13bbcc737764b1a0581f20aad8f8ce3510
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDAF 19408 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000120cc.bin
7a147bb34b2a826f4d9ebdc92acbfde644a18c8f36ed4ff643a6c0a73d6eed9a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120CC 10748 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013996.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13996 16792 bytes