Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3ee041279bd1eb8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-08-10 00:08:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 25cf47c58ee7d3b3c99030aeaa667529 SHA-1: 3ac8367fa9b018e910e18871acb6a3c0bd01e8e0 SHA-256: b3ee041279bd1eb8b2804051042803d1e65d9a4d786daba1855a35607c995712
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to malicious external sites, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://pspectr.ru/userfiles/file/riguzasesigovonames.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://stellarp.com/userfiles/files/motovat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmkms.net/upfile_editor/2021/files/rirowamegugoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096b5c942499---71340642021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66f3a420f464a6eed66e765174ccd9e6/3421689436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0oi2b1f8rbn7slobevr3ma72de/57278829816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/32997560680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18631b157065d8037d76049747836b86/63640872415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacinsara.ro/fckfiles/file/13073853973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4jem25kacvhvv1j3970kghfvim/42640964182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99cf7f8b2ad33f92b79a1a33bc0b2481/dubilekepivafilabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tmfconnected.com/clients/6/67/67cd703e63b47da0cba1438f70967d25/File/73466563738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-5/20210605074857504731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92a623788c6b50a2158d4c97144d88fa/situmewatixuvebejod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romanakladatelstvi.cz/userfiles/file/97055672784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archerelectricsupply.com/userfiles/file/dudimulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/do7s1s1f89ep3gnnoq7odv9g34/xabovegixomadupelewasaweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ancient-theater.gr/media/file/tunojiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangminhceramics.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/71039217491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--mietkndigungsrecht-best-gpc.de/userfiles/file/32644373253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessplan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/60392997567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autovoda.ru/upload/files/23094770120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/sutilitanatagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=ashwani+kumar+anatomy+notes+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000bb1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB1A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d331.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD331 11136 bytes
SHA-256: 3c042cfc5e6956f3cf890cf6fe54d842739a6a669c04e62eea51a539492fa222
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED16 16540 bytes
SHA-256: edbeef9b91b5cafdf1cc1568c7014f1ebe543dd5331bf7853d819080ba2047f5