Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b732e0d5321ac5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-06-27 06:29:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 180698bea17af1fef32ff241c637f597 SHA-1: 61c84b9e2acfbfdd4faac5bb54a6b126bc3a9215 SHA-256: 3b732e0d5321ac5c7c35f7e06f7c3b33f8de0dfca66c738e098d2663534fb7f7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The presence of numerous external URIs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic suggest the primary goal is to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=baby+led+weaning+peanut+butter PDF link annotation
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v5k3j07fnks5a4o5b9qv2dll39/betifalanusixudozilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec0ac224c42aa910735684a83931c9be/20298513798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4bcd3a23e9a1d971cd4224e5e39502d/lafuzafibokesor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/muvumipujawizen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837fc1c5ad7---vigupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7c25290e8a---65411724873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096ba6ab6cc4---xaroregonaxasekobefomewek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j8dv2rdb2ldnu9nnf81uuulcvm/95919348533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607901b8b6e5b---soviguzonoxinosujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097e73fda707---20491085312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5c01bfb958751b35ab862622271dada/54922736999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/zopuluxokem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c83338968e3ba4bc9fe8fbc51e9fec87/19524557080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079045b1de38---zikinug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpabv.nl/uploadfiles/file/fizizekotero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sflgs7ptiafg83lfcf6delgknu/37552285390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e32e0f3696697a8df76cf8b70aa1d25a/53418098117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gphs100.com/clients/e/e3/e3ed30f4e85b1ff1e74f61348c82e8eb/File/pipowamanakimikuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/79720124966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agnieszkapawlik.com/userfiles/file/bedovegalesaxokavotof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1606d07f304a0f---kidiperom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalsolar.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a699953a92---71630050293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://essiac.cz/UserFiles/file/varasikoleruvifidubazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb8d98d94bb85138e367bab27298ad42/39766350323.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fb39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB39 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011350.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11350 10772 bytes
SHA-256: e5c7a142c625604be428ea17f2088829f5ebb76189dbd94d70f80b6619ab31f7
font_02_sfnt_off00012bd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BD7 16912 bytes
SHA-256: 61edb2f7f8929ab3e600ee3f820ea877828e626dfe53a0af5af43674138554f1