Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3342014f53a5817…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.6 KB Created: 2021-09-20 17:23:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 97ec24c1605e35f8172a2e64f132d121 SHA-1: c9053f53608f89f8464f8976b38dbb0f8decc7f1 SHA-256: b3342014f53a58177f7238a8b61081eb12f5680ecb552bf66aebaa3425206c15
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains a link farm with multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of an AcroForm button with an action trigger implies interactive elements designed to lead the user to these external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON
    PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
  • 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://xinpayflow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40469183911.pdf
    • https://akonis.ch/userfiles/files/lupafapavad.pdf
    • http://dom-2000.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99475758992.pdf
    • http://vetsnab32.ru/userfiles/file/38777984084.pdf
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcd91934480133a78e21889dfc02fd8d/debubepinetavar.pdf
    • http://hauptlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vafezobupokina.pdf
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134738437d26---wosodotegujoselupamatene.pdf
    • https://dauglita.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/78287175778.pdf
    • https://studiecarriere.it/uploads/file/rijexidozapap.pdf
    • http://futureinfashion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puburonose.pdf
    • http://zit-tech.com/userfiles/files/lowozitumawitoxike.pdf
    • https://corpeverest.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/filibusume.pdf
    • http://dalnoboy.org/data/filestorage/upload/files/70540120219.pdf
    • https://qwert5.com/psum/admin/userfiles/file/bikerotebakobasasiw.pdf
    • http://recko.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48892898507.pdf
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161437027afad6---nileximagegupixepebeteves.pdf
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614141c6906a4---raxikes.pdf
    • http://portableandcool.com/files/files/dasogufajovebutesogum.pdf
    • http://ueros.fr/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70649279533.pdf
    • https://www.hasmow.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/romogetezixeziman.pdf
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161367e51a5e25---19787994578.pdf
    • https://copacndg.com/images/uploads/files/42260587547.pdf
    • https://naves.cz/res/file/moxekifovisizaloja.pdf
    • http://pk-rowery.pl/user_pict/file/95445145814.pdf
    • http://actybrain-consult.com/Upload/files/32876743247.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=one+handed+mode+apk
    • 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_off0000b84b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB84B 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d062.bin
82623459cdad4b58c4d4aa3d407082f4d47ee22f651984865d1a31bb84fa3a29
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD062 10272 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e734.bin
2d754aa31642f5e30b0ada29484eafe2e47c66d142432ffcbdf2e85bf6de852c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE734 14980 bytes