Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3f2c33fdf2fd504…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 18:03:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 0189bbe95042b4a899f34eeb302b8a68 SHA-1: 4c291b32d199c230b3f90225955178c019fe4b04 SHA-256: b3f2c33fdf2fd504514aae0108a6ae3cc76dcbcc752ae81362bcc234a5adcebf
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a high number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or delivering a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8b0d6df691---39803712342.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://huonglonghotel.com/uploads/image/files/22096818197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/32876717441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonebreaker.at/38779405051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foodzipo.com/uploads/userfiles/files/dupebur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anchor-m.com/js/upload/files/zarisurilujoberakekijuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techscreening.com/userfiles/files/64519054317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63ce8c30b1cdb8573d8c6a8dce3a5319/62675842886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mertlakustika.cz/images/pages/file/87666867707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96bd93eb7cf6c2333bb2dd6017972d7c/30713898362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--l3chcucnqd9c0eua7b1k.com/user_img/files/vejobowunopumebebek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riversedgefm.com/files/file/tewepuzad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/85727009310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niszczeniewaw.pl/userfiles/file/44284686493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimecostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/zipideto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608023e74fc93---84910380377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apskarota.org/userfiles/file/xekajipati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fmi.lu/userfiles/files/11596107125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mawaevents.com/uploads/file/6519057551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce0fcc74a9---xijev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphjako.pl/userfiles/file/karulobaxikiwepesojapov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c1dd47232---dupogarabolapijorufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenna-ski.pl/userfiles/file/82618701924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=is+1570+part+6+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://b2cdemo.tickets.com/content/files/zonebavo.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_off0000f01d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF01D 18500 bytes
SHA-256: 577babba2b7aca06861021e6407dffb5b20f20c770da7ed738976eeef2dc1171
font_01_sfnt_off00012027.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12027 10472 bytes
SHA-256: 3fcd4d7c074117ab36c3d0fe68757455b2da688b403dd4482b286d4f92410242
font_02_sfnt_off00013840.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13840 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1