Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3bd49816753a4ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 04:02:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f9552377b34270a95bd83b49c9f26064 SHA-1: e345d32ec5989da3dbc0c72a55397be1484bb7c7 SHA-256: b3bd49816753a4ea9e52bfe766e5ac7d98bbedd67f45c1d96c1142541e478380
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious or phishing content, a common tactic for initial access via spearphishing attachments.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e10033605---gesovadifozeweputekapo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079abdaae1ea---22039057771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fb582223c67f01eb1b124da4f496d9a/72067096926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upoart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lepogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5442341ee5---dopemavawose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/muvadalamuvijaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecofincas.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4445578635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3ec295c75850f530b44fd1af45b28e4/tafadexunakituner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nofu6dqh9kbqlhk8umj43h6adb/jegoriga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skoleniridicu-online.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26909570790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dhesient.com/media/powakojonowef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fli.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75261310030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613004c6aaaa9---tibojidonepojowobedazez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nusratali.com/userfiles/files/fosig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://damutech.kz/upload/2021/08files/210827231003701645fsz8g.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/suuu5j6qaficu2j2rcq3qog1d1/juxidoxipaxemozedaderi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6166a1afc7---davosuzuzizemeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae1d1ec948f---rabibop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/jatofisisam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://preprodpcb.com/userfiles/files/92779580295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87431f016341ee1650ac545b205ce0ff/49498260234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatsah.com/webroot/img/files/mamaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekonopuntos.com/campannas/file/35478210019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tekartltd.com/upload/files/77834631848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cfh2.com/clients/d/d2/d2a7b52150a7a947468b52e9b7560e3c/File/mejutulejupivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=noun+phrase+complexity+in+english+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_off0000c097.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC097 16148 bytes
SHA-256: af6a8938be58a922abd0f4ad3048548fa646ae0b4418a1d8ef66f33d66a8f872
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA09 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010220.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10220 11360 bytes
SHA-256: 380aec3e10b98e6bb5186ee8a839c30af3ef271b9911c5ef71dd7a04141f686a