Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3be7f22c29557cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-08-26 05:54:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: bb1021e4bb7bffe97d6d15a9f4122a69 SHA-1: 9ca44d6281e96ac40896a4236ea16831e991700c SHA-256: b3be7f22c29557cb79d8df6c8080bc4c91b0a395c0f446677eedad399a4db0a4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160787665a4ebf---41150748176.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098598fe4423---99545961892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3914d4f50a30306140610f1b5aa03be0/somagulafegivonaxaxuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getsolarnj.com/userfiles/file/74987829257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-30/20210430002048984086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istvietnam.com/rich_editor/file/10240086362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diclenakliyat.com/userfiles/file/dujatetedibudijisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yameitecl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210822_101811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://damnoen.com/ckfinder/pho/files/93827194586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appartenvue.net/appart/upload/images/42712600058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contrast.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20840184568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/16887844805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01a39a337978ef570f8ec7eeb13c2c0b/fapijevetetuzokitagasuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floraplant.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/23842230187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adom.biz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/burabovodulelewibel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae90e0679cb849994387353d30062905/kuzufinepamefijujazibuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theettiaresmontreal.com/clients/f/f0/f03dfc1790708d0b03c48e9879ef2ea6/File/gigexilabif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a474ffdb83348a2dc1d7fcab90e93d3f/muzeroxawadanupepevego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tekkoo.net/images/library/File/21038927826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webbuilders.com/files/file/gedofexaveneguruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuhuonglacquer.com/uploads/news_file/44125935782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43626028149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thaiahpa.com/flash/files/79076650047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcc-cpas.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/dasinetenumuxoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=divide+54+in+the+ratio+11+7PDF 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_off0000f2a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2A4 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 113a01be5bfd4b656ff47391a4f99ba752bfbbdd09099f4ae6b0239aebcf0f26
font_01_sfnt_off00010aa7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AA7 17512 bytes
SHA-256: 99429a462e8608c2592bd439205e4dccf114eac50e1a866dc148436d72baf1e9
font_02_sfnt_off000138b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1