Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b633da5fa55b2d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.9 KB Created: 2021-07-07 10:27:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: bc0fa24a07ba329ea4f4e84931219df1 SHA-1: 1c708c0a3a3e368ff85e02ea9b393ef87bd78551 SHA-256: 3b633da5fa55b2d65a3093f0507c76b7cb11e469d211fef7486f7032578f4c2d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, directing users to various external websites, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains. The primary goal appears to be redirecting users to potentially harmful content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

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://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/268cf9599db24ea7a8c115b64953beaf/51390897107.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b262274b077---viwurojojoxubumofati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frezerovka.by/images/fxeditor/file/89265745498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opuspoint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94741318076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c94945def02b92c33ac6308f5136fe9/pedafiketexepiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faw-asia.com/image/upload/files/42366766960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a490b86c287---kexorobibajixadof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bitree.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sukenufixajita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a78c188397---wakuwajapomekemifunewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spectrumohio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdf022ef0476a7bac3afc3fc61143c36/kipunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/319c551eeaa5959722cd598a96fad6a9/kufozaginili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19d7f73e79c64683b7e30d4022975906/66446535720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f40a685a33f26682632cff0d670858c1/masigewutijenozipet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s880ehrfqinu18jkkvv3227v0a/wunenuxeket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2c761cb3d0---76653385853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae4c6822fc3e13850e8e12e7953175a4/malam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ceq5j8iv4hn801kglvq4fjo00b/xerujajodezerakujegena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidservices.com/public_html/userfiles/file/pelawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711ec266e60---kajutijexopotasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9197469b63c74ab4574b5c1fef0c4d4c/70503927915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e56d0d6bc8a87c41350767372dd25f55/57726849317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d8a7398d01348513572852bb21050bf/konusulizobevufel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712e3fca4ec---75590746803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=yugioh+sacred+cards+codesPDF 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_off000138b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138B4 17500 bytes
SHA-256: 4eb68ece45c26bea9056d488e5b7bafc9b96c25608eff992cc99f40110f4235e
font_01_sfnt_off000166ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x166AC 10484 bytes
SHA-256: 4a07ed55153ffee55f074cf11affad3fd34635705431ee3457071a8033dd179a
font_02_sfnt_off00017e6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17E6E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1