Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3c1d3bd7bfc31fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.7 KB Created: 2021-07-19 17:04:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: ad3070395c9ad672b4924e2c3df6b7b9 SHA-1: 04e5f29a1cca38e56610fe660128778fc469a3f9 SHA-256: b3c1d3bd7bfc31fbf0fa42063b67dadc3629467b698ddd22f8b24e67256a9ae9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise, likely leading to a second-stage payload or phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868b341108e---83077108619.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://biosite.ru/images/news/file/27404995959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i58nesbmtck9s1342qpqq97n53/64401947376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc5726cc47b28c820fe34e35353ae7bc/xebafaturoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57af61e7bbb66e930ae17dc8e8b3550a/sekab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608828fe84011---sufodefapudebumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47e10b27b98717b1957c77c3029f7400/pipoxakogufamugadavelivek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d02aa5a47---56294593907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mopron.ru/upload/files/90607065801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/408504de51c80e0558bf292e260c4a3b/20113541937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v1aa4lnqfqnc1kgcv5ctc1bniv/73478417195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fablab808.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/85259316901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce121cd2c0---83700797169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ruf3jo06n8jk9png40sh34o124/30021142165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seabeachthailand.com/UserFiles/file/49431051249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santeh.md/img/files/lusozoritarim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupophi.es/uploads/files/12988461534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bem-sa.com/img/file/30074134219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c4e22d2e8d5ddc808e7386f5f345e7f/54015041569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aac140c33e3---duginadogorox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euroroma-bg.org/files/file/lajubipadetugekagakor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/938fb90b50e53a3ef027d9b38b2997cd/xosizofirejadajopelutalos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condicionamentofisico.com/arquivos/file/74053013495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2f275dc5a2---18354673805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=prove+that+the+bisectors+of+the+base+angles+of+an+isosceles+triangle+are+equalPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ecbc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECBC 11068 bytes
SHA-256: 050ac932a1fed48628d8972d1611220670ffb620d9ab41f37adaabeace25eb56
font_01_sfnt_off00010634.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10634 16168 bytes
SHA-256: 34837fdfed7e6dc9e8c1ebc45eabef1064a6e89f8cd536305124148a4af1fb29
font_02_sfnt_off00011bcb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BCB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000133dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133DD 18044 bytes
SHA-256: 390ca43771f8a2c1f4d50ae72ada335284b3fa371af2aca36a4550c9e6248650