Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2bad3b41feb6b32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-06-29 21:52:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f366a45c1fa01f16ae66102971a97b44 SHA-1: bff014b3799d937a2b23c6fb492e4bde7a3be95b SHA-256: b2bad3b41feb6b3238e4ce9360a1ad6087c7b322801651719d0e2aed40d02cc6
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating it's likely a phishing or scam document. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to compromised sites. Although no executable scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and heuristics point towards a malicious intent, possibly involving embedded JavaScript or further redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) or Microsoft license-boilerplate documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db1feb8b5f---balim.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/50990240295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-28/20210428205600368629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae2a3b84e67---bigudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibshop.gr/uploads/_uploads/files/tinozalininowaporavemokom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobile-translator.eu/app/webroot/media/files/nafozalikujiposowifav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidrealestate.com/public_html/userfiles/file/fiwexafufawitira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytalk7.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/77098744229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vejwun.cz/images/gonilesokij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpszone.hu/upload/userfiles/file/dosokizuleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamtomchabahai.com/uploads/files/files/62765786636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manninareunion2012.com/clients/0/03/03b30fdf9aaeeba733afadbef254ff7b/File/digonigedisubolujita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097d29186c2c---21796928567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vankouwenenmastop.nl/UserFiles/file/75406542172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuaphatlaihoanghuy.com/uploads/files/4399967828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d9c5199be---nugupuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitjaya.com/contents//files/sonedonagag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160913a1702b81---5404660759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://womenwhorockarkansas.com/clients/4/4c/4cfcdabbb7b8ad81bafe9a4295858145/File/97345589760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinex-auto.com/userfiles/file/67457195453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8ebdc4ba19---77224801772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609deab2e6447---99200599665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/57907895653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758f828ba37---xanafasumelegagatevola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nothingbutsafetyglasses.com/userfiles/file/lifakuposisoxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=fairy+tail+tattoo+color+meaningPDF 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_off0000f06d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF06D 10496 bytes
SHA-256: 82cafb61fc5cc9226c6b67a6e05cec3d69d8dd329c377ae60c5ac88aed945b07
font_01_sfnt_off00010845.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10845 17672 bytes
SHA-256: 98b9d3ab3f8266568debe36bf4c00dc900d0753bbbd60b902df16ec5d2cccbec
font_02_sfnt_off0001352d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1352D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1