Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3b2b03d72bf131a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 21:44:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: fbccbc1956986c71fb69782300487e61 SHA-1: 1947eda4f085b5bac44889fa7da89a8dcc9cd338 SHA-256: b3b2b03d72bf131a9d009600f040546e625d269b62583f0dbe4f48d09afdbdc1
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, identified as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, with ClamAV specifically flagging it as a phishing trojan. The presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic for a 'callback phishing phone lure' further support the conclusion that this document is designed to deceive users into visiting malicious sites or potentially engaging with a scam.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1eb7cd654f69e12dd67c7796ae01b195/manotisegifi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://changwontour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210626_F62E8494397FA0C9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jedeminute.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7olsnsqhvcgt6ed63r4e246k1g/folofaxuzobijoluresexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nma7t3js6j30dmtmh2hb64gngm/gimuxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2449d54d1d---badunebepoxupiwifavesib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8624db5bd---dumajupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac2c4dd0b14---gefupekejodimesosuwuxovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamlulanjina.com/upload/files/fajisoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tl-systems.hu/files/files/saxotosikasitozatur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161030db600692---70580939999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toanthinh.vn/webroot/img/files/guxuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnlestari.com/visitbali/image/files/gasawerowono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entryexpress.online/chapter_images/files/62706024973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607806174a26f---kuwibodapixevuxasotujavog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vngo-cc.vn/cooker/public/files/rejuzodulotabimopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yer-krasnodar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/samafironavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vv-alc.nl/uploads/files/53216675645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lecachet.fr/docs/files/16694200840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqs-group.it/userfiles/files/33344058753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3v4l42n94n2vmgeho52n3jg0q9/75336861731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sartor.ru/upload/files/76622913239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160715c71e6eef---45301644912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://live-net.it/file/17498595960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ku5pva2699ckr3cckika66c2ul/misubuzokex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=best+manual+testing+courses+in+hyderabadPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000da13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA13 18968 bytes
SHA-256: 7829347a220ef5e93447d1e5185625c3323097500775017eef8ffcb4216a641a
font_01_sfnt_off00010bb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BB4 11224 bytes
SHA-256: f9779d8d2423ca90cf7f6e7b563ed8dbe486e9fd8bb80003cd9cbf088a164c01
font_02_sfnt_off000125a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125A3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1