Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b325503cccf8a094…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-09-22 18:59:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3fb52faff231ffaab950334efc8bda59 SHA-1: ebd873e6854c82f262b4a1ded2663e4392443752 SHA-256: b325503cccf8a0943ccd124d1d3c299d7e9dceaeadb63ef4ae31b389ced5a199
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to potentially compromised websites, indicating an attempt to trick the user into downloading a malicious payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a download button lure further supports this conclusion.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://wanfutemple.urwaydesign.com/data/file/userfiles/files/21879826076.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147c41c33806---kiralovusigalajevexuwenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ihanzao.com/userfiles/file/20210916135633_1907209145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c0b8f49db213113f8295508afbebfe3/loteregi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtokapriz42.ru/userfiles/file/javinetazexibusosofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wwa.bdbabymart.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55152154371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compow.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/konozixusubazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettogherardi.eu/userfiles/files/10800594186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613190ac8c2dc---18503691137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taihegas.com/filespath/files/20210908101201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akademibt.com/resimler/files/gumodete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613688466963e---damapogezakonukez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvsc.co/userfiles/file/pupizategevutalevufunozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://073741256.com/uploads/files/202109111008415296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locum-system.pl/userfiles/file/liwukowufimiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58296141219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161434a785ca97---75351820037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laxycoffee.com/upload/files/91815335999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petrovsky14.ru/docs/files/bexajomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c98dnmg845d8nl23fpj1nq5q3g/65777418780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnsgafgl.netsociality.com/upload/files/30502172314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613715de18d2d---92845067999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/xujizirizalemutib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=soccer+hero+download+androidPDF 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_off0000d58d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD58D 10364 bytes
SHA-256: 13793fed8bc9d7a2eb551598d4b0895ad3cef710f7404b680a868a083f331c6d
font_01_sfnt_off0000ece6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECE6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000104f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104F8 17176 bytes
SHA-256: 13f201985860fb7196242bd92f5995dde74956ff2bffc446088fbc46cedbb597