Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3ec66bd46bac7be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 10:18:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: db27c01da0df8c5315c2a7c75ceff34a SHA-1: ddf6406d83f7b72207d6e0c492246514b03c653f SHA-256: b3ec66bd46bac7be2c16d1b30d221509fc5b6a3a926b37c6b2edafac84c6a1bf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it is likely a phishing or malware distribution lure. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to external sites, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings strongly suggest the intent is to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=square+root+of+89
    • https://hoalavender.net/upload/files/85344968675.pdf
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d95alkpp7o91kdaih1nakdv89e/lazatalos.pdf
    • http://brightwayconsultancyservices.com/userfiles/file/vomulif.pdf
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f746f6ee67ec36cc5f923217c04e3af/70108850856.pdf
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/64668473400.pdf
    • https://fruzsiflame.hu/userfiles/file/5582960500.pdf
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3be9bfe5f2dc05bfe97196e2532ffcb3/20214868020.pdf
    • https://vietnaminsight.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35297276359.pdf
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097fbc0cc011---344616061.pdf
    • http://cameralehiep.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/43393921720.pdf
    • http://uppercanadatwocylinderclub.com/clients/877835/File/15647649437.pdf
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe119f7f24572f858e823721cf1279a1/nodikotukujomiwuvar.pdf
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g8a0tp3sfieh9bafrjq4iu43qm/89336317047.pdf
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abb49e6496c---tepunoravuguka.pdf
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/lanisopasukidalujawavarom.pdf
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93cca5b507a943a4720a493f27c67cfe/66412818445.pdf
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e949108cce119a53ab41b40e056f237b/gelagiwutafarexu.pdf
    • https://urbanlivin.lu/userfiles/files/mesopesisazusegetu.pdf
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7520aae164e53b85bc4b07376fdf76d/savuxizejeluvutorilezujop.pdf
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608513e750fbc---47794229171.pdf
    • http://lumieretvie.com/userfiles/file/98544183604.pdf
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/317a4984cbe867379631d14d1f8ebfb3/23455619744.pdf
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d9d60c197d---kifadatazupimowe.pdf
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bldc9tf69lhp37mf6rlvr40j26/25927167014.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00012454.bin
66066945f4ea2106606056b6633a02eb0c6984893a599caab55ee5d9d146f397
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12454 17708 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00015258.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15258 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00016a6f.bin
f07295f3bf303e4a974d37d58610e27009646e2279a37b4ca1f355249aa6f0db
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A6F 10492 bytes