Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3c4ef2c003078e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-19 14:56:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 48fef400b7921ace561af4ee04d323a4 SHA-1: 496a8295bc79c2e8ae038b0137c77e1c1c7bc7e1 SHA-256: b3c4ef2c003078e4d4d6dc6c34290d83286e7e3eccff8e7992bbae676a16a3e3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing numerous external links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a malicious intent to trick users into downloading files. ClamAV detection confirms the malicious nature of the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=safari+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • https://partetesal.ir/data/file/43416534660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orsini-blasioli.it/userfiles/files/lelifiwefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seidels-mineralienwelt.de/images/uploaded/file/lowewovejawubosimimuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djk-winkel.de/images/uploads/file/75168754211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panhongbo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/xijanebovolikawamen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eeb5b82686---toruvoxabudataxoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tekdalyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/95946840812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohmytour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210919_90D82E2806624085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelalbicia.com/userfiles/file/83857173087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debten.net/UserFiles/File/96748290194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f0abf9bcb2---63780646010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161330980f295d---dabujudixisifitofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laboratoriologos.it/userfiles/files/mufojupolarufutotozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonymusic.se/UserFiles/files/54119294595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etcbt.com/userfiles/file/zubunodago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbfc82320626e0720b59be05c483f397/4000087143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sadiqandsons.com/userfiles/files/5966720381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckattorneys.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/60969551472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldogelet.hu/media/woxifetadoniwokovijuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medsplus.us/admin/images/file/22841491947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131d2fc1d1ee---2945213360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinostandards.net/upload/files/muzata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cissud.it/uploads/ck_editor/files/72837671866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamasataccessories.com/userfiles/files/3475908502.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_off0000ea5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA5F 19116 bytes
SHA-256: cf3edb45ffeded6626d67427cd0eccb34117b56832d1ba2ad11755c4335d8764
font_01_sfnt_off00011bb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BB6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000133cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133CD 10348 bytes
SHA-256: 41d109b199852a0f03e5e3699f47248fa0b843c288c7de15be22cbf459a3529b