Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b7aae0b3bed4618…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-14 18:03:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 33e15947946557a984fa352ce67b05d9 SHA-1: c8abdcea37b037f4914649f593592ab61407ab55 SHA-256: 3b7aae0b3bed4618c6ecf8f5e7127aeb5fe68df34b01545b26ba91eece64cb2b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to these external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+transfer+music+from+iphone+to+android+phone PDF link annotation
    • http://laiyi-art.com/userfiles/file/buzoxagelirufanaguvoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagumul.com/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210905040501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161386930812bd---mapebes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yukkumpulgroup2.com/contents/files/jusudubopedasix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamolenasnc.it/userfiles/files/zifeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://99shayari.in/userfiles/files/63304124247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/esk2k52ardt14jtvermkiqtkd7/99150322399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f704931f4e---suvesew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161346fa22f289---sigufubizuwefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schroniskoorzechowce.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80220253841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoangeli.it/userfiles/files/gagapedoxegukurejiperu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161369a256a61f---34253721576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungder.com/upload/boxokoxojavofenozoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livres-arts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17170108481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedria.es/DOCUMENTS/FotosFCKEditor/file/zidaditeramopofeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciafici.com/userfiles/files/75468586200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ensky-chemical.com/upload/files/marigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brukikostka.pl/uploads/page/file/xuzulobafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kriosispl.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18092926007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aer5aza.xn---42-5cdakyymnnb9ake1az.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/japedafajika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioaba.net/userfiles/files/lokulobazuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140913937128---rufal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiamberardino.it/userfiles/files/12140148528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediacentre.aerlingus.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mexaviwivowosopazo.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_off0000e1c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9DB 11016 bytes
SHA-256: 00c05a831f0c3541f75f3e6d7b10dddce372b721b1a5d17048adb4ac8c39a206
font_02_sfnt_off0001134c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1134C 17112 bytes
SHA-256: ace7e58115d3dc23ca6949579711d3d4a617b9e55c0b96238f6bbed57a4ebd1c