Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3cbc82a565af033…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-08-03 18:51:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e4408cabb4f9ff91ae6cda9093c0a8a2 SHA-1: c21e6e27608673b6343b7ab0efb9a78a06f09b83 SHA-256: b3cbc82a565af033c275dbd43b25b088806a001509906310811a01506486d283
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains numerous links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to external URLs, likely to exploit vulnerabilities or harvest credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://beerskiboot.de/img/upload/file/16212042883.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v9gj39enpgpnv91bdg676pdkp9/baribapadozejetolise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bedf72ec247---86047310728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashcruis.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a3c601c68446bc67138c023fc94a716/variwusiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cbd73ee1ea250358e2cf368ca585053/56263120864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d189f53a2aae6cee0277b14537230431/dutaronolosewujozazarelup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szekszardportal.hu/userfiles/file/velamizufuperafuvixadasut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artside.org/data/temp/file/bikigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/lajitezufumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da23f84f0bc53c1eccbcbb58dd3caf4e/10778154754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hausbootgeiseltalsee.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i0eat7mk641shqdjh3ugsdkb6d/35493509949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6670f2bdcb98a5ddcd3fe8624ab1d321/51308477359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toolsatool.com/userfiles/files/lamawononumugizogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/gujixogobexexasakamurupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://handientu.vn/userfiles/file/84655912671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/drlus3altg9slp1l89e5gd0hd0/pufuwed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oltb2qgemjjcbf9udm0o7024h1/roburumuganabimifexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpind.pl/userfiles/file/11783618166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099c89b0e80c---37123317009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/userfiles/file/18594859279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senarathgroup.lk/assets/media/file/12741630284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mds-horizons.com/upload/files/mimegonanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pamat.ro/UserFiles/file/fagaguxozefak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=fundamentals+of+geometric+dimensioning+and+tolerancing+second+edition+answersPDF link annotation
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/kapibumifabataxanegiraxob.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_off0000ded3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDED3 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 587c5a43f8e93b0b3d192491014f7722482de2850b79e96359d758e7bb181c19
font_01_sfnt_off0000f828.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF828 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001103a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1103A 16800 bytes
SHA-256: 7232e55bc97f0dfae0e6267763758fda92ef210ef1f6f111a608e4c39cbc789e