Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3438a652856aa67…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-07-28 07:44:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: dd6735d2ba68fd73c98963636ecdd79a SHA-1: fa02cf8a1085a8327ab6df99e95b5b45c9556b2e SHA-256: b3438a652856aa6779ec7bc95e7998f3950cc90c7bdad6e9a2a643d25cf17ff6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or are hosted on disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the PDF structure suggest it's intended to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://www.sistemkabin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ledezogunivikale.pdf
    • http://teamwork-poetschke.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuluxifuzigepusekaf.pdf
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/19373527076.pdf
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3bd38825a---59045568946.pdf
    • https://fishboat.hr/files/49696747760.pdf
    • http://thietbiotoviet.com/Images_upload/files/sufemuxo.pdf
    • http://silesiacapital.eu/data/file/20344808655.pdf
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60cc0c5dc8168941eae76c2c2b91caa1/mokedofobepuziku.pdf
    • https://securityguardsupply.com/php/uploads/file/20540390875.pdf
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c400ef6bfbe---11798466483.pdf
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbc6b5a171c---manutese.pdf
    • https://www.aicsmindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6707943867.pdf
    • http://yogathoitrang.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/bebilazik.pdf
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ulhb45mmuk8stoumgfotgmvaer/godolorivapofa.pdf
    • https://cometsecurity.in/admin/userfiles/file/rikepupalilunofu.pdf
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fbd2658200c---20982692172.pdf
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71gef4dicgb9v1cdf2n224dlt3/4002752575.pdf
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210623113301234019382.pdf
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608051f595570---vusadazoxowux.pdf
    • https://lawyerupsmart.com/tempimg/file/48950411997.pdf
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b4c09066766d2f3ef02f6f69a943617/86093845778.pdf
    • http://energy-labels.com/userfiles/file/vixenaxosaxul.pdf
    • https://shriayurvednagpur.org/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rofazigozazozarozode.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=introduccion+a+la+metalurgia+fisica+sydney+avner
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c606.bin
83a2155b94eb8fb037ce94a3d3972db0181021b668254b4636d71e86d29d5027
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC606 11052 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000df96.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF96 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7a8.bin
0e41f1622ef5959a05a7b5fc7e64a7deb337f226e63d3d476778d6eeb1446f3d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7A8 17392 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00012458.bin
00b1f632e8afe72716c8bcdb76b7901b56c060d1dc0f96f3f5c1b8373b85735b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12458 16140 bytes