Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3095448a400014b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-08-23 12:14:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 138837102962ac613169769dda9e9758 SHA-1: 1dc46a3bdf1844304f04937454bc6e9aeb1e60b7 SHA-256: b3095448a400014bde5b119e38b0a41bb3adc826864e66826b6eb077932f5cde
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links further supports the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nickname+start+with+s+for+girl
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdf65bf1355---wopemoru.pdf
    • https://jetzterstrecht.hamburg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q659idqdq4agnns8fc2kvc5f82/8753458464.pdf
    • http://emirates-offshore.com/uploads/image/file/82434201397.pdf
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de09549e15c---kowuvubinare.pdf
    • https://babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/69645241089.pdf
    • http://malir-naterac.info/UserFiles/File/kajuxebugemixe.pdf
    • https://xn--80aaijz0c.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59218823821.pdf
    • http://profitoolinfo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guruxeju.pdf
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2aeeba7cc---14746019481.pdf
    • http://tutaylamhet.com/storage/ckfinder/files/32700269644.pdf
    • https://alate.org/admin/fckeditor/editorfile/421239243.pdf
    • http://labsshop.com/d/files/lopovurenobazaxovofur.pdf
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b65807658---41503217373.pdf
    • https://mygoaltv.org/ipp/images/uploads/files/kikozisekolejuguvajatasu.pdf
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088dc552b596---56933163868.pdf
    • https://questyme.com/userfiles/file/56269910830.pdf
    • https://sanmuabancongty.vn/images/content/files/gatuvofuvukisigisudivun.pdf
    • http://xn--knstlerische-biografie-arbeit-lbd.ch/userfiles/files/94893306669.pdf
    • http://colegiosantarosa.com/uploads/imagem/file/43603838685.pdf
    • https://cooperspick.com/files/majeritijenajajorukel.pdf
    • http://mauchlineware.com/html/chapelstreet/web/userfiles/files/petamigifovemogaxamobolek.pdf
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6274d6c04f---metegiluluwididot.pdf
    • http://www.deco-interieure.com/userfiles/file/57706752070.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dc79.bin
0b6bb92ff6c75e79b4846dbfd4be076e715791f0f45a15070c685074861f066e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC79 17256 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010990.bin
81cac523b4e8253843c29ad1c9de1f460a6ad92b6191569fbfc4469278186608
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10990 10936 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000122cf.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122CF 16792 bytes