Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3da8c62db0468ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:06:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 858a9524a6fdd9e1025709d1c0bb4e95 SHA-1: dbf11624295b8d025a5df135d807772856e60d52 SHA-256: b3da8c62db0468ba375428bc16f26b6fe46f0231c3ed6ec682669eef33364ffe
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The heuristic firings indicate this is a link farm designed to direct users to potentially malicious content or for SEO manipulation. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=reading+comprehension+worksheets+greek+mythology PDF link annotation
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a50fa6b75e8---lubotagonofuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karpatskiles.ru/store/files/60290805153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f94f4865916---69292679093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f47ffc3f30---xiwekujanavexog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607100ede0f9e---33827128153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verypool.cn/images/upload/File/mavoxiwaximoxegifizojusaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mabuksusu.com/contents/files/dazanoner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076260b39d4a---rozurinukel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t38ti3p7c92avp1lbhi8s6ehfl/27468073543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stcforanebanglore.smcim.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63237716857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2df8a2947f453160ed14bdd3fed43165/35383860772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee4a10ecfd674089a8f1feded0066227/30290510683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uticahighclassof78.com/clients/8/89/89c70e22fe5ad1405280b455f64975d7/File/tetazer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tysons-cafe.com/uploads/files/48303784798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabbeleecooking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69213445597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibextrail.com/editor-images/52185692389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viquadro.com/userfiles/files/nudulinuweterowidupamew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kompletucetnictvi.cz/files/file/wukotabojiviwatuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h7qqkljvl8883sl1s8claqhrtm/detow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfj5h3ek9gvcq47tlgig60hphf/88017444688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yodobashi-church.com/45286361310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb04b3d62ad---zesefemigetukunutuguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ee075e9bef---59103798192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasvegasrebath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe352eb0518419412f0272d9e3258de1/71869453853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinahongji.com/d/files/jaxexanexowubeduvem.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_off0000ec7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC7D 17812 bytes
SHA-256: 8ed23a196255db9a9b08acbde04100dea6df81669426b12cecba003247746902
font_01_sfnt_off00011a2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A2E 11296 bytes
SHA-256: 2c38e37de2d6507caa88ea5009c9605d949d33ac292168c99df11d7b6a6ce9a1
font_02_sfnt_off00013458.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13458 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1