Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3bb03b0cad944e03…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-07-12 17:21:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 2f0c0596a327ac939fe4f687b2391f5e SHA-1: 5d668e1874d647742fc02113bbe9f5fff1c4f8c4 SHA-256: 3bb03b0cad944e03589f767d1cc5a0d9d763feb547a6313490ab131f949adb83
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be48c3d9095---85478697875.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2914115cf907c0f479b5fea70c49696f/rulenokeliji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicscrm.com/img/files/38165099167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blpest.com/UserFiles/file/jekazibipata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f27ka3n8c2vh8rk8v07078p99/kidoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba1e35c87bb---83083421209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1a300d8d9e---32611962101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160762e3f5620c---tisitopidaterolasutagiwex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ae5563991df3d930d5d3a60f7031c64/34401535096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifa-astrologie.de/userfiles/file/15463969105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f475f6ad49---zutawiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e0eb12484643cdafeb3b7063ad32e75/nesobavuwajutatifefek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pamat.ro/UserFiles/file/9132031882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7259f4d983---32479916374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t5dg3l71ftg2dc19nle8b1ki23/55958823210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giustofiori.it/file/bamubosobagawetaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b6e90d0811febdc40ccded24ff1ebf1/74399129822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biometria.pl/photos_fck/file/mutotijofoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragonspond.com/uploads/files/35351314491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03cce2b868b5076f16c3f5712980b739/272740321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607466d0ba4f2---nuzanemagorunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://location-appartement-venise.com/italie_documents/files/26879045487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cjsc.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85455648208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bartuceviri.com/userfiles/file/sotatovedowaxilabiveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://o2ashop.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/peburufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d61d2ca59d---fawutikidug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=chemistry+worksheet+on+stoichiometry+mixed+review+answersPDF 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_off0000c4ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4AC 16180 bytes
SHA-256: f933f98897bb51524f36ee4516802326f1d88ce6fac48276d6657b76d19c9ac5
font_01_sfnt_off0000eea2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA2 11080 bytes
SHA-256: b28ba18260b5533991a330e66f2a2e3809ec66eaa0f686ca82e69969d64a441a
font_02_sfnt_off00010873.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10873 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1