Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3b953d04706a753…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 11:46:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 59ea2a26ae3401e45f095f8a83512555 SHA-1: c541ae62b19eeea1bb7af5b6b0abea075a77fb7e SHA-256: b3b953d04706a7539f5b5c02b5825d4fb4102cbf7e51d2a04c272ea751d6a1b6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads, aligning with phishing and malware distribution tactics. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=algae+co2+capture+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://ecovn.vn/uploads/news_file/42243395640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607433a219c61---pojuragawejefirubuzizux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mya1fc.com/files/ckuploads/files/petujosotunokajaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sclifeguards.com/clients/16854/File/dejoxeriwadinak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seedomoretravel.com/files/files/1362552251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hieuchuan.com/upload/files/23709568660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.erenang.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087d24bc0666---81247798341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/643c800ac34c05428890a1b27e375afb/15651454332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldprint.su/userfiles/file/4730311236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmscsmartlifeblog.com/userfiles/files/51489298213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e94109fbe49f03452c1c5efb002271b1/mafoxowaturevux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arrayamed.com/userfiles/file/nilufonugakofezuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761db3b94fe---81519599412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b8f00cda3e13b374c40adee1615c507/92380858406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikima.fr/uploads/file/peviwidoraxodefuralu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc1b5dc0f1d---16222643531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5568843718---31560994510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/21661020867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovove-ploty-brany-zabradli.cz/UserFiles/File/40093645668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fredericjean.net/oplusco/file/zogujewaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petra-dario.info/upload/datoteke/togosuwutabixoxirinij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eyupsifalibitkiler.com/resimler/files/95859904550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/81942215821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuuhoatudong.com/upload/files/pimid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cce6577aee5468355f754c99b192010/pukimob.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_off0000bae4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAE4 16724 bytes
SHA-256: 27bdb327db07b543ce8dac65e155edcc5e7fc7eaea0317ee8cd379d31f6999fc
font_01_sfnt_off0000e568.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE568 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD7F 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 396135d07302abb23127459606078a0cd92bd3df03f91f46ba5f51f2c60cd8db