Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac3b2fba3ba5478a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 09:24:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 70a2d3c82f21785b45a4cc14f6d2918e SHA-1: fe18e38fbc7bd3b976835976dadd9b1bc0cecdbd SHA-256: ac3b2fba3ba5478a9b6f14c27758edadf2098c092aaf9169c6aa3f173610e2f6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. Static analysis reveals it functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as lures to trick users into downloading further malicious content or visiting phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e29c00aa802---fejupijelusudevokil.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c16f4f685da---naxoxudunuxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f49f0a6093---likegujuxufap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecableapp.com/FCKeditor/FCKimgUpload/file/83034815284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nordicaluminium.ru/userfiles/file/28060349249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/kodoledajexobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095f82512fbc---53678675218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutranghongngoc.com/media/ftp/file/vopuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1749524ddfe2a2707e85c80605dff0f3/nutoliferoxunedituwimew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609210b9c0e37---kidatawusipodejojuxeset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093de32d2ed5---79181191938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/984ec362f5792c6f8fe75cfc52273d42/sedasamazamoxix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huzatfokozo.hu/editor_up/gimoxofiropodewafufulep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidequipment.com/public_html/userfiles/file/86073230346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijfbacknumber.com/editor_up/dijivurixazobad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimumnieruchomosci.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/43072155624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciarajewellery.com/editor_upload/file/saganixaravisuzizavafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ratchee.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/topitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/47536181153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoarduini.eu/userfiles/files/29071529004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6abfccb2b5---29719003194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leadingedgecorporate.com/user_images/file/85449257117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=los+amorosos+cartas+a+chepita+jaime+sabines+pdf+descargarPDF 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_off0000c09b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC09B 11248 bytes
SHA-256: 5024691d933fa163ce1dd38b65fd996e7fb61a2aea0743469ba7843c428e7c59
font_01_sfnt_off0000da54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA54 18608 bytes
SHA-256: 5fba6f879461ab16008549144bcd01d4a4651867e4636840af7ec03b4a69a2e5
font_02_sfnt_off0001094a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1094A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1