Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0b3e176b80a2bea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-07-16 12:35:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: bf54d19b8e7d11764f299624c56cf602 SHA-1: 55d1a5af9ac727b5bb9599bc3f3b6f5126c60c88 SHA-256: b0b3e176b80a2bea1880af3f06eef9c1d339708bd069a7e506d98c3c4817d7c9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, so the analysis relies on the URL heuristics and AV detections.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oaqva9qgnco36p6a98itmum6lo/22745412145.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bee2d282234---24030139264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ace1da5068699e0a34cb3253eb49e7c5/83925582558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b980cb3d7e2a6dc55fccb9a531cceca/tetidofegemopuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxicityplus.ru/userfiles/file/64795636291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608da49b472a1---retejajanomerivexagale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongdacable.com/d/files/42364283459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluiettgriffinwilliams.org/clients/2/2a/2accc941c041fffeac9751862bb8fe41/File/94068916677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9iqliie023518fr7f4cvtarhg0/kinixosaxukal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalcenterhotels.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/tetuvevabukelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orrizon.ru/images/file/wakidusamegewewavutaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/27372507658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f7ba582fb7---55687866484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9ca62467e---59108697541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedcal-wpbe.com/uploads/file/famavojinevanomujogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citronixdeflection.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/31077096618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/91476143145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amursvoidom.ru/media/files/kunomelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/2021062616211988348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mds-horizons.com/upload/files/17021646492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429060514360029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tranhdaquydep.vn/upload/files/podefopukubin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ok3i7927eiure3cltucragekt/fokode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibleyestateplanning.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tiparukazakito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=biodata+form+for+marriage+for+girlPDF 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_off0000e2f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2F5 10480 bytes
SHA-256: d1cd1683cc244d45ddeac0831147509d684873134c94c8429fad70078d28631c
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA8F 16552 bytes
SHA-256: 3ef68b88ec0b0ba025e93d7425f0bf2d9c8b702bd446d6cd76c5e7fcab2b84a3
font_02_sfnt_off0001257c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1257C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1