Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b4bba49f74bd57c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-07-12 23:59:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3b523221651de6eb9bbb443d1fc2b836 SHA-1: b3fb57bf790a9eecf949975ad452298b5f06872f SHA-256: 3b4bba49f74bd57cf5660c94014ffef658025f81e92855e021200738df26ecf4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the heuristic firings suggest the PDF is designed to lure users to malicious content, likely through a phishing attachment vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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=is+oil+and+water+a+homogeneous+mixture
    • http://thermogroup.ru/uploads/files/80486059808.pdf
    • http://hurtmar.pl/Upload/file/zugivexamimeruditarabizon.pdf
    • http://thegioituigiay.net/uploads/files/jekuwukikobijubakirugufag.pdf
    • http://ylpcl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lumaraboseje.pdf
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a72da0a4929---rubamukotuvawunepenefevo.pdf
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cvhkhfi7l8k8iannn76hi2nf56/61184270073.pdf
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca1777bba3---49283257956.pdf
    • http://chayka-svg.ru/files/37591642035.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbxab3abskk3a2j.xn--p1ai/media/file/kupanoxogim.pdf
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b78f32c157be2bbcf29418734acbf7fc/dudidaxulewazuxud.pdf
    • http://doks-films.com/pcms/content/file/fedekuxabolemowis.pdf
    • http://galluccifaibano.it/userfiles/file/kafavotigazobudejedixo.pdf
    • https://kvkumariajnkvv.org/singhania/downloads/file/gugexuwojufapi.pdf
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755b966ffb9---palafada.pdf
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a2581e4d13---95865929327.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fbc8e12989---74938669663.pdf
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9b06480089---89205105636.pdf
    • http://bainihu.com/upfiles/editor/files/jovojawipumipokaroteli.pdf
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e38dd3b9b3---meduzejoxofogokilaba.pdf
    • http://vitaminyplus.eu/files/file/95789757066.pdf
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da8cc87f90f---teruxasanoluripovi.pdf
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/fowesugejasosu.pdf
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/080824474386.pdf
    • http://chromowane.com/userfiles/file/pifovuvi.pdf
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/faxonaku.pdf
    • 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_off0000ffe9.bin
b208e94278f390d45deddbbad41da8035dfe922498a8532230dac00f393f5497
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFE9 10932 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000118dd.bin
c8c4bb1f6f455d5b1c1ace9d2505a5779e9bd31f2c82495a54748e4365d8a466
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118DD 17688 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000147a2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147A2 16792 bytes