Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3801a56159faaf6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 01:53:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: cd1b639d69dd9baf5eabac90cf70379a SHA-1: ffcc7655175db06af32f531e60acf40d86c32fd6 SHA-256: b3801a56159faaf6549974285bf8f67246527587e9dfbce57efe1e509c6780eb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through these links. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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.
  • 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.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+decimal+place+value+worksheets+6th+grade PDF link annotation
    • https://marblobathware.com/app/webroot/img/files/ruxovisituf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fritz-fahrlaender.ch/download/lofaxuduveguvifadub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://responsible-tourism-alliance.com/content_file/files/kidapavanatujofopefufef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yankey.com.tw/demo/public/editor/ckfinder/upload/user_upload/files/95486065929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icon-studios.com/userfiles/file/nigaxifazaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kochitaxirental.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zofumozidenalujefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160865058b0a3b---70413123386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alitec.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xawazowiliremu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stehovani-ostrava.cz/static_pages_files/file/tagaxogufesadiduzimurax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagominum.com/contents//files/25821981743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/19918514098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioiulianella.it/userfiles/files/xufulom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd6161290bb19584bfcf14d8bb9788b0/sabefizimuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aventura-agence.lu/userfiles/files/mitug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zwickerfoto.hu/_user/file/14802092901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globaltruthmediagroup.com/clients/a/aa/aa8380eac451876ae6ab993bf3a720d6/File/82860160751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9287dbb9b334ca33f0ed054f56de61ef/dezitixori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nationalcoopadvisors.com/userfiles/files/33280974029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nasroglobal.com/userfiles/file/litifakipos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aildf.in/userfiles/file/27122575263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2769f6b19b57690df0c88527528fadb0/43692856727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinex-auto.com/userfiles/file/tetuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d9d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9D2 20616 bytes
SHA-256: ccbef7c73ac782eb74775b6cab844bb6fbe129cae74fab20e3ffe45c446c1466
font_01_sfnt_off00010ea8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EA8 11348 bytes
SHA-256: 198755a58a1e7398aac221636cdf123c09e63053c418ede41fc586af29d7a212
font_02_sfnt_off0001293a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1293A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1