Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3ca3b19b48c39e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-07-14 00:43:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: c4828bbd7faae6a9644b6bb1f77b7177 SHA-1: f83a27e6e62465572ffa7787d4f5d4467b885741 SHA-256: b3ca3b19b48c39e63fdfdd23b176b13d83bfa93787c9c95b01107904bcd9952a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, likely intended to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest it's part of a phishing campaign, potentially delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tamil+dubbed+movies+comedy PDF link annotation
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2031b48244---80622361205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7029a219b47a18a84e1fb9cf7c79f15/4394114758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27b2cbd1a1---lokefajujigikaketimuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c0c03a030e8d4e3d19ccbcf769bfbd5/42320913132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.serenissimaservizi.com//files/fojaware.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94e3fd0414466344d1186dab3712b7aa/benilipasesudokez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a694e5540ab---fakogigunakojitinotajedex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://museuminiaturesbesalu.com/files/nexadufinewotagerunuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bakirkoytemsilcisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ed3615797d---nanuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hobbstownis100.com/clients/6/66/66141d04a4341350d76ae3a38785cb5a/File/menolubidepiset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starlightcelebrates.ca/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/zexuzezuvuxafef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e284b63aa4---22530118324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607516c95d7eb---vipexavefezemakefed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c02ba2d4e7b---jimivev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/82905985149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e642467f312---numazefepevuludeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bepxuyenviet.com/upload/files/85571319141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tz5168.com/uploadfile/image/2021/05/17/file/20210517_142926_140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72506a6022ac176d4cb6561037e89fe6/gabosovakizowuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a13fdb54e476dadc13579d281beb4020/sonominiroduzol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://briljant-maleri.se/UserFiles/files/tolidodilizudotorejinasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verimevzabavu.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/318991909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fe202727dd4c0a24a1e460ed115a052/powebupelixebikat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da68e1147ca---rokop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a458ba041c9---10208442853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e85585f5c2c387a256a9d9ffad2aed7/6488207900.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_off00010d3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D3E 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 5834cda7694d50aeee2fa759b1e9e01678289ac6694d4a68bfde352ff0a22840
font_01_sfnt_off00012580.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12580 16932 bytes
SHA-256: 1705782fc512af1a67a9cb9e30caeb69869bdc6f69cb243986a80e3e12126970
font_02_sfnt_off00015135.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15135 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1