Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3c5950d9cee1590…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 02:21:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 9dd3b6eb07b821630350c7521c899a73 SHA-1: e690921a04ac4b8c4e05de4f2762d8a7b7c11882 SHA-256: b3c5950d9cee159082a01a31e7155edb8a276a52d63c727d1e8b75aec0b7935a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document functions as a link farm, hosting numerous URLs that point to files on compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of external URI heuristics and link farm indicators further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1c1dc2d7d440a184d605fbe9d80800a/86355680212.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kirilmazbardak.com/userfiles/file/76743404046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67745e43f88de713a552adc67106e7c2/surip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckrestaurantgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kifubixomezapakow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16115165166d05---18118252626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaperferiesantamariagoretti.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/semupuliduneloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfwarbitrator.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/ladojomisufojokiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldmustang.com/files/files/lexobanasuganusoxewepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mbbs.hr/files/69705875161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tailormade-sales-marketing.com/userfiles/file/48679256780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44e94d9ab47b2308f4cae9ddfc6edc0b/71439586286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bc2cae9521---pevatezitotenupurowisor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce7a684fd64---darulosodalepimubilal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/54825868734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://video-cycling.de/files/file/82361198841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dpp0h3q9fe3d5qnrsqn4f75l5v/lobida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evpersoneli.net/ev-personeli/file/vosofegamuzeniwitokip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-tms.com/uploadpic/xw/files/bukekoxifelitekasaduworol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associatedreclaimed.com/userfiles/files/furegan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingwaterpure.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17920320680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tortugafilms.ca/adminfiles/file/72372847471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e228189137---7217708270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aadhar-interior.com/userfiles/file/88594362219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeverma.in/uploads/files/91726074224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daleel.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gamc7la9qam4oknjpnipoqeng2/sugezesezovuxofuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nf6jive7m7vnr4lapf7mmm109c/pulezatalebasedogupovezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=general+biochemistry+questions+and+answers+pdfPDF 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_off0000db31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f343.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF343 17736 bytes
SHA-256: bbbc7e87ad5d1caa5c8df8548d5c74f705f66f627fe5cb03c7d48917730bf7ef
font_02_sfnt_off00012115.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12115 11508 bytes
SHA-256: d039ca6ca9e4d2653f7db1cab20d3391ff7846f876dbde394cfc07cb88455b38