Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ba1b1f50fd41111…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-08-17 20:48:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: b14665e10644f8acaafb7a51496d8c6d SHA-1: 4f179e0d649bbd7d17a482ade52ef3d1a52994be SHA-256: 3ba1b1f50fd41111cfaae2ca0cc80423bada0d47c5e2f8ebd2bddaa2d0cd6106
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO spam. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d1b03e381d79f7fa7d615d26114f79e/zulurevamelajisobiraxeme.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://eastendmediation.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/65241886447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3ff9f12315---gatiteparuwavafabinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acab2f7bede---rojodibudukokukino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siahotel.com/userfiles/files/morimujekemigurijamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiophotosfashion.it/userfiles/files/31760627760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/45778010163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhodeislandalpha.com/clients/56223/File/12261367062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b08729c84c---49289257521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfa7309fd08---zusopupuwibebulig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tgtech-auto.com/userfiles/file/lidipewunonof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1o08p1qflog5ki7uhch6pticn1/70534378043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heks-tech.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/kojofojuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k2ak002mvsj7os6a1a3tubr2kj/zenoputopitezavebamofuwib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/15849650668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d08805f82a17ce24f13370e4815b6b5b/59264626332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrobud.net/uploaded/file/donuvuburad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b982aff69---14012691591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0b00d3e773---vijilelikamida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marymo.ru/uploads/files/78572823910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americanewbie.com/userfiles/file/baliwowabixilekele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72c0366e0018fb18eb6dec18e2fce2e9/zepazuwufufidebotutib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vokalensemble-vocembalo.ch/userfiles/file/73983575578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wulf-sanitaer.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u9mo16ts9r8akt1anjfmtjv8jt/25148067736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9960269affab60b4b3c1f93168afc27b/soraxukizibimumubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+avoid+shin+splints+when+runningPDF 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_off0000e56f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE56F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD81 16544 bytes
SHA-256: 41c99a19e9045f86f51c91c4911fee543f5353db6b25aa95967e7cc2e8cfce2a
font_02_sfnt_off00012884.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12884 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 3244bc74fcbfaa34a480c5954067b729f9f66f648d73ffe05e150c3a562664e8