Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3d228837f8a891f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 08:21:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: bc3b6937cd66d39fe74855137bfece29 SHA-1: 0c77a15494233f5e7c643bd7844dce64e330be7e SHA-256: b3d228837f8a891f5a50643ca88e7b0549508c9647f19b9dd9085e8e57870c49
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. The presence of external URI heuristics and link farm indicators reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cad01c23292---fimavomezevezeninetofutu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gotween.com/userfiles/file///dibogerifus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/33355351751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/begumunuretewoziki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9219432e7d2d4668862012504a9798ce/19819491143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burgaseguros.com/userfiles/file/17759694878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f82140b9139e07d9f86c653dad988712/tififaterupogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/139f9c9db416e0ff0fed545337d19ba9/letan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laiyi-art.com/userfiles/file/15224744899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098bdf89edc0---32142083885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecotranslation.ca/upload/editor/file/53807015779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cassotech.nl/site/data/ws/files/91340527765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sasnowosielski.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83129059420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/510ddb14cdc215a93e8919e6a022b005/73620419290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silky.ae/images/bulk_images/files/61665354282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607114ef49888---62683757308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geloracinta.com/contents/files/34317535600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eq9n2bcur6310tmnkfpvjv8bcg/43528584683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.fr/file/panavabebobomefepapif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visionbrindes.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/xajufonuzazitejajepafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a26b2e612ab---jixidijokanupit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b22b33369d7dd42b99b3576f050c3fe5/44291068442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2e5935b232---wiripuvarija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steelbo.com/uploads/admins/u0/files/20210627150936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springhs1988.com/clients/a/a7/a70db2535ed58991dd9724faf9b165d0/File/jajunikawirafepojuzazax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=math+worksheets+adding+single+digitsPDF 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_off0000d0f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0F4 17468 bytes
SHA-256: 2d44bb479440b0c415322ab014bb18dcfbda44736ee635236c29a4bc9e90c7a0
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE29 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 4b06a1969391902b8d38e3424005473fd9df34545b8813d60fef369161db672c
font_02_sfnt_off00011686.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11686 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1