Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3b378184b7cae5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:13:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 58dbd5a58694283eec46397921048166 SHA-1: f435518f4f7b9f47b80b4da868166b1ce2c6bf70 SHA-256: b3b378184b7cae5c201e79103f3d7666f7451c21dfba2bf4b34aea29a192c847
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure align with techniques used to distribute malicious payloads.

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a82cdd2de9f---74044804575.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136c7cd664c4---7017260962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd1a3b60695c659151765735d7a6eddf/wajijowijupikaxeruneja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d148cd2c6b675a1540944e5671633f39/29918301681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camelliafb.com/uploads/files/202108140817578118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gw21.ch/uploads/userfiles/file/16609150394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afdaa5348dc---juwubenigudugeximom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arvikabc.com/images/uploadedimages/file/wawaresugaxavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e33bdcafb---nomuwufowenam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palcev.ru/userfiles/file/pidugenujifekabufokiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/63669199679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mevlanaasm.com/resimler/files/46712273835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ed-web.cz/userfilesfile/80743230098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610523f1c9ceb---delijagalazabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sibiucuratenie.ro/fckeditor/userfiles/file/rosijozunujozewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b035ecc5557---bikefutonalupowov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757c93ecb1d---sijazara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d32cfe641733cd339ca2536de2c2db9/60539058158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://its-bulgaria.bg/files/file/demab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/226f9e86439ccf3013ddb87d775d7b69/7951261502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://secolink.sk/userfiles/file/mazepavopuwilala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da009a1cc0---18807451208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/33713605575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93e2f9c99a6c3e1e200c1ffdba05df25/95677390692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystar.net/filespath/files/20210814091057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=printable+multiplication+flash+cards+double+sided+pdfPDF 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_off0000e3fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3FC 11128 bytes
SHA-256: ab5f9f4124d6c1a42138349aa2ce2d1cd1109013575ef4f204ef2f0aab6ab7ee
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD82 16964 bytes
SHA-256: a39a9e39c21c6b3faec1bc645683241bace7169d0f01ca07eff95a40c7d61ad3
font_02_sfnt_off0001297e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1297E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1