Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3f10fab2ddebf22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 23:52:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 562722df605701fc9182ea6c1e263436 SHA-1: 3be48ffacc639b5d10c2d940e39e03251d70bafa SHA-256: b3f10fab2ddebf221e5b269ceddd4535c5c70dd8ed953986ab6295ddd73c647f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. These elements strongly suggest the PDF is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware, as indicated by the ClamAV detection and ML classifier.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086978dd4f2a---wiravabiruguposuxetetivo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hesexpo.com/img/editor/image/file/22416210666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/menim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rekalibracija.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da99054abfc3c9fa40c489172e073d39/92565612611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b8df9cbd4b---gibijivegejinizixadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837d3715c53---goxefuges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phr4u.com/files/ginopubisinexivaxusiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://familienbilstrup.dk/userfiles/file/resegoropizowine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://70sromans.com/clients/871711/File/24726139325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ph2020.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sewegetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eventpro-kontraktorpameran.com/uploaded/files/pogusebod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/suwunipumin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcoderesearch.com/uploads/19445538913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/5778413163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bea4bc14926---54537450200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/29851845825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160740c84de5b8---surorajotovamas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessdevelopmentcenter.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/81847109725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/zovodipalobujotoxafak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baheth24cars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99139415055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesurmakina.com/userfiles/file/torixeminanozozagenilefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/kapibatixinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vekosgroup.ru/userfiles/file/407270053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/gelipoxabuvemalejuduferu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac90fc1fea---vaxifuxumujitivubiwaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=list+to+arrayPDF 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_off0000e5ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5BA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDCC 18652 bytes
SHA-256: 86293fa6668951f222316a19b0175c9789465ebe9ef5b1d6da50521accd10046
font_02_sfnt_off00012ed3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ED3 9892 bytes
SHA-256: f9584d231467bc59c5ee2298548b7bcdfc7f8a7c4b1cc8b5cfb680c6a50b02eb