Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3dc125d0f18787b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.8 KB Created: 2021-08-11 15:48:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: ed200d5d2f7ef90b21077371fbce3968 SHA-1: 121e92b0c50e3af0f0d720b58bb493e967ec24ab SHA-256: b3dc125d0f18787bc7363a0f0b0baa2c71b6a854bac66b94ed95df14c7d92ea3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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 http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/kirarivubezu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///26921879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b064957536a9a2ecd7f961dbd8d6f76b/xatugokoked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609743687e542---kezatopufajur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubablimel.pl/Image/files/34414223231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727e7436877---lirutokaxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/59555520826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8i3jab2u21cbhpjuaggoc71qn4/64187240037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chothuethietbi.info/img/files/49827565300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenmodels.ru/uploads/files/kakogowotuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://df-foundry.net/d/files/bomijalugulusoravetasupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f765c240ecbcd2a3a7f0cc4ca83faec/10343606829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607889b8eef4d---sulupomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psystat.net/candyticket/uploads/page_images/files/32643985034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.retorika-zidar.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/62007988993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44159490061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-g.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35926401549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.corazondelsol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wopizilobovegowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purifoy2020.com/clients/1/11/118d8b7ee1ea4bab8fb19da95c56260f/File/22925411532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdbdf8a8df3b4eec6d0567fd698b662e/81018772226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/96201815671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77ac386f4d9fb1a89d8fc8842f4c1742/pusibadutamokikedumama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099916db3683---21320602873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bd69637e05ee8bfbea2af3312682413/63946064668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=alsim+alarko+kazakistan+i%C5%9F+ilanlar%C4%B1PDF 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_off000103e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011bfa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BFA 23036 bytes
SHA-256: 2f57d13b70c7d7d53fbdb48d6e6b82f7c4f0431af3393361cbfd038fbf24a5b3
font_02_sfnt_off000152e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x152E5 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 097e5ac90b74febc09d2061fd4123250c3c2d147470070a3060cdf690f145b0a