Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3a17166d5e96feb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:27:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d2f57156f259755384c7b327256a1223 SHA-1: b004b657d263651643a20892b747e9cb08300ac5 SHA-256: b3a17166d5e96feb47f1f2dd7e1047e1eee4568682c1e7c25a0ff963e64df521
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of embedded URLs and the ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature, likely serving as a lure to download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=was+that+really+me PDF link annotation
    • https://ambalatender.com/upload/files/fatakebakovalelurogunos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facade-metal.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wosuwojufevenolasabizama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stigstudiotecnico.it/userfiles/files/saxubezojin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etest.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/37127166631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49p2pfa4d7bhmmf0m49tlk5lfm/losozekasarupameduxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f00a900f85---83872252557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f42e1274e---59072001918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorrstrechy.cz/UserFiles/File/kusidakejafopike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/9710338815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visionbrindes.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/80781874519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795800a80b2---tofimizugofijubuleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veribase.com/E/file/95111624521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/48979291872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7e6b78ddd7---35060413836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpszone.hu/upload/userfiles/file/2165191633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htlexpress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xutiroza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flygarfield.net/userfiles/file/84738233375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomas-music.com/contents//files/5404211394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzzxtl.com/UploadFile/file/20210728013654533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db6e1aea006---28583497843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d81555f14a8---9167197320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9e8b329e38---nebatupudidoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prof-cosmetics.com/upload/files/rutimumujiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/li8i74emr2v7rmgtgp4slatbpu/favivosomagunepanaraka.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_off0000eb0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB0C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001031e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1031E 18444 bytes
SHA-256: 816d3d03fa3d74b1ae902d3df9d735bf049961bc6fc1ae87fb45a4a749d26e10
font_02_sfnt_off000132b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132B3 10164 bytes
SHA-256: a36f14ae606b667b3d59c4451e203c58ddf6a21a9652f0dd058bfb3ce4837d20