Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3bb20b8f5d6469e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-10-05 12:51:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: c1712dfff148a843ce77356b311eccda SHA-1: 3a2d0d30195dbed656ab15010111e3762c241bd2 SHA-256: 3bb20b8f5d6469e2ea00acbcc474d12a406d47e65fe268800b9e5fd6793d5c54
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malware distribution or phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://mariapolis.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29307232194.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cybernet-ap.com/UserFiles/File/19694913610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtpokebar.com/uploads/files/mowodupagoxedubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0225674989.kad.tw/kads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4663023254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161515de814bc8---54437019541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anapharmata.hu/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/32080884745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bancasemecanino.com/userfiles/files/bawaborufivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abarappresentanze.it/userfiles/files/voside.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.net/data/cms/file/87724281289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lexcyberia.com/userfiles/files/nusiwanowofego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajej.pretty-match.com/upload/files/62636112680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myapartment.de/web/editor/files/wudevuwodutowureromov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanvexe.vn/webroot/img/files/dibevasupebaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0tvbnpo8ajqt43cb4l9mlnpjvk/babojilimilidunamikuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camphacement.vn/upload/files/dejuvovuxubig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakov.hu/_user/file/6924712587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeevadhara.org/work/london/userfiles/file/dorudenukinelenuxejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upoart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52502302577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gitteszoneklinik.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xovojolalijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://booknowrentalimo.ch/userfiles/files/rupug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jr-bang.com/uploadfiles/20211002171250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da544lb5h8dhep6bjf790gcnu4/37883253542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/93964128875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csp.hu/editor_up/jazej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestpokeya.com/uploads/files/tufiwizoromakusali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=border+collie+mix+with+golden+retrieverPDF 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_off0000d7ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7EA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000effc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFFC 18340 bytes
SHA-256: d2583abceded932b9dc65b822e46bb3669cf49b6505a6b6932bed6f651a1800c
font_02_sfnt_off0001203e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1203E 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 6bd0848d8bceeed77ff9f4dfd451ecce5d92df486dfaa05437317c9413555f3c