Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3c273e9d8cbbfdc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:57:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 5cde156302211caa90ac404f8e3d7ef8 SHA-1: 8b84095318b77406bbb357ae40b06a88c103fb41 SHA-256: b3c273e9d8cbbfdc0e3eb6b733deae63b88248a455c6fe895a0c261e917eac1e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious. It contains a link farm pointing to various PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The 'SE_CLICKFIX' heuristic indicates the document is designed to socially engineer the user into executing commands, likely to download and run a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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://gadesign52.com/uploads/files/202108142334377003.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da4bf7ab3277c2bbdc23ad581359adea/zezifavibokivufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bea334c77c4---52319889758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ac59347a14---12990440401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohmytour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210902_D772DA8555C85709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apartamentykunickiego.pl/architekci/public/upload/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bopetegisepakowelezon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dc1371eee6e9fe60792dc0e889c36a2/vikaxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608770a36f65d---bimokoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079fb28b7d73---pijixonukumuguka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/130961417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aukuras.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6336706807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aplus.to/userfiles/file/25464413518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artenika.pl/fck/file/gerimolidorosarolaneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cka-shiba.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8944517137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/94496964867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094abf0a0c64---mivizoweranupogujigakewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocincorporated.com/domain.com/images/dynamic_pages/file/xorabiluziguzisusafajof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dighakanchaninternational.com/FCKeditor/file/21060893880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fernandopelosini.it/userfiles/files/34792448394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icltindia.in/userfiles/file/sagusuwaposopilarodovix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maremio.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sofomemefexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bundoreh.com/fckeditor/files/file/lelutenuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721a15ed4a1---sovegiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e1f38bae3d6742bae90c894c841472e/38668440462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ghdg2ubfnco0acbuq2hc9vvfi/namal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/14978834492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przystaneknida.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/97409573378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=sscp+study+guide+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000eb95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB95 11068 bytes
SHA-256: 890d91f39257bf621c52d5bc1e07fbd54a7d9ec424608abbc80add08d3e6227a
font_01_sfnt_off00010560.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10560 18220 bytes
SHA-256: c824997cf3f309ce85546a269b9181aafe8ebc0663d438dc7c6693b178ae1fa8
font_02_sfnt_off000134b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1