Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3c2d71a284a5c21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.0 KB Created: 2021-08-18 13:46:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: de2d24bbfc3878be546bb3e5579dc110 SHA-1: b0484c4b2ca529961bd4db1da9e023dc1e96cd00 SHA-256: b3c2d71a284a5c2120e2d589fd59b03444127f2a6f643fc5983323bf5ea38853
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous external URIs and link farm patterns, directing users to potentially malicious websites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is designed as a link farm on disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=glencoe+algebra+1+chapter+3+test+form+2d+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/xonopijixoveruxuvarepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b5b0cfb62---87346713125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/ravaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16113a5a84ca5f---lojawoxelewap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e15fe71c2e---53866255943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6f4d13add948b5039be445ebf883ea9/sapojak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epicridesnepal.com/files/49494242676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ac452dbb49---xejawidupimojavopulivikol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stopserv.ru/files/file/40273170221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55f839f960d866e7903d7f9b50846721/buwemidorikavezaludijov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intproplaw.com/admin/uploads/file/fipesojibuliwitaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849f14b3a31---61341035737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc12be73a6760e1012bb4850e5f21306/davepagiroketubibufusaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/file/nabivukebafiveber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3d03158ad5---sekakud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4l02tjjmv893jjjeefgl3iinf5/jasaxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cassotech.nl/site/data/ws/files/29722145277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e622f3ce3---kuzipekewazaxebuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1ade7f3751de75164c16436b41a40a9/segev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelexpert.ro/uploads/files/tomakelojinase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23a6bdd0027731d2ff8ab43c7336345b/91930598359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c32411d71920153158fbd1ec49847917/posivobami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aee20a73adfb36a1a44e99852c99bb52/vimejidi.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_off00011094.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11094 20872 bytes
SHA-256: 03cf70f2f43b2863362bed1fe7c8a8a987fc523c6c7e6ae75cc766748f211792
font_01_sfnt_off000146a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015ec0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15EC0 11584 bytes
SHA-256: 3e40b4aad09a84ac85b81e4ce242bb3cca41c4ea3351501604fad78d9805b0d5