Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3ab658539be7ac6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-08-04 11:59:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: c25aec031b133e0ff6eebd0baff5e938 SHA-1: 7b3c75f482d93b2256982b13c92103d0ab9e87be SHA-256: b3ab658539be7ac69a2a18bff1c9a4d3663e340d27047a8b339e4e24a90e65eb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is designed as a link farm to redirect users to malicious or phishing content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+cast+google+photos PDF link annotation
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084de04ab0ad---23916425398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weifong.tw/fckimages/file/nuzexesexidaxewejapifalan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paoladebenedetti.eu/userfiles/files/bajar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorofilmes.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xopukijapijetototi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aagkbrca3apkgkee0a1bi.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lukotuvizuwagunididok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eaff608893fa4381d7833a657118b9fc/wozakotapotinanukewudad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidservices.com/public_html/userfiles/file/40881943377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/72102455096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d71a5309a---30193725240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.performhabitat.fr/bundles/astadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bifejukafamileriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavachhaiphong.com/upload/files/rusizuwugukogij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ce1f0ad40---6426837592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/ravezoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrhobbscoffee.com/images/uploads/file/selozosafisodujasedaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etadelloro.it/images/file/ronukikusexilis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccspatti.org/userfiles/file/58605954728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a762567ba94---85843864889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/htqfgvth6p2e3n76ntl72bbrtb/6308544843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bp8mgcotmv94b1152chd0grr54/dazoxemumagaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyeminshop.com/DATA/files/lafodefuwekiguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095ab6a671ed---sepokejufalolut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j9sad36qdtj1j82vot5rg7mv8h/vagefukewanadirovate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chieusangducphat.com/uploads/userfiles/file/wagenegilinoxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qsd1e0d27m3qb10v9sve5m9ve2/1384801808.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_off0000f4c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010cd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CD6 16820 bytes
SHA-256: ecc3f48872fc0ff2f29e0f692907e7887d0a8e80d618528789d2da910f2a0021
font_02_sfnt_off00013840.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13840 10708 bytes
SHA-256: ec4f387030649fbd60a46173251eb6f1afdb340e861085c9af209ebaefd20f3a