Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3c412f4b069cf64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-10-07 17:36:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: d92d92263e83b298f8ebdb8551618924 SHA-1: d6a0b2b171ac7748e00754c67ece68ec3661ae39 SHA-256: b3c412f4b069cf64a258c8213c0b7eeee024d6e87bbc042f1379b4cc66241e7f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly indicate a link farm designed to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates these redirects or exploits. ClamAV also detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=batching+plant+operation+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1e6s692v3b439090qmqqhfu70/tasajilomekavituxaxujutas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r0cg7dkp6k9ccbfjulph1nmvh0/jazosilofupukotazuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huspanda.com/data/ckfinder/files/fomizopugekad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rimini-portal.de/bilderarchiv/file/nazujafevowazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tysons-cafe.com/uploads/files/gadanelixizowekadibaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopignotti.it/userfiles/files/lunidetobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartinatv.org/uploads/files/kinesumupakapiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ijestr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muwixenezoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615726c6a1b96---tazavite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitoutdoorz.com/file/hmnHyvfygD0IeddI.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interno-kazan.ru/upload/files/30633841214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haiqi-machine.com/d/files/dizusolutiganiwolazofabuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/49057282638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19656989907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euroialinsol.ro/userfiles/file/53814668845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cravaluos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tewejonoxevonituguvuvasun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d2666f2800---lunabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/noloxujomukizisenogenesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haitrungkim.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/42346586418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infiniti.e-library.tw/uploads/files/dasarijapuwimusipelazug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hferrynetworks.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210903_C7C224D1E5A751DB.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovelyspa.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/reviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/287556505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secoinblock.com/upload/files/zubolepefosagofekewogoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanandieuduong295doson.vn/namthuan/images/news/files/sowewe.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_off0000d789.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD789 20280 bytes
SHA-256: b5ffdc22adbc5b242d254516645a67ea829fa0b3eeb5587bdd5d6a0d69b43d6e
font_01_sfnt_off00010b40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B40 10804 bytes
SHA-256: c45bcc9ac503bb956124900a09f3f826034c7396dbb3b227a72c735c9eefc50e
font_02_sfnt_off00012402.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12402 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1