Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3f66da523f5a0d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:32:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ff0c19da033df9d45babdb8e7d2725c4 SHA-1: f2962dc0b44338a3d1cfc575437d15e421791c88 SHA-256: b3f66da523f5a0d6d441861e2644b11d3b77ca1949c458d1c06b8be53d7b4c9a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected by ClamAV as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and flagged by an ML classifier with high confidence. Numerous heuristics indicate the PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 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.
  • 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://maryamghiasi.com/images/upload/files/48797201064.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb98dfce038---posusolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://applexin.com/ttpsea/files/file/gugujurifuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveworldtogether.com/datas/files/56210459390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kesherisrael.com/uploadEditor/files/ferebezukaxazoxepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612516ea2c369---98879822511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k55rqdu1fha0j1q8m06leei003/97480462934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicobergamaschi.it/userfiles/files/desopogofiretubitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-life.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca3b99b320---75613934786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auburn-companies.com/userfiles/files/80433862750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.domaine-vrignaud.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7918087115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bainihu.com/upfiles/editor/files/8226913748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakamurasangyou.jp/app/webroot/uploads/files/bugesibexagebolado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59c21bef5b9adc13c2129e3b27b32514/27748925648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/24104825272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/802373c207db2b2307d5a16a7286c276/zolabufasokoviramutew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dd069b25aa---masepawadivujikes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jgbt.us/pds/userfiles/files/penezudavixepugibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6c2ebb7fe3---lizonuserafog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af829f1f07---nurugum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medic-pneumolog.ro/fisiere/file/89484432349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98aipmkrkns6705dv31ls7hte6/motulaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gesas.it/media/mailinglist/file/32380526062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoadondientu-ptp.vn/images/ckeditor/files/zosivokonoronogero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=noorani+qaida+in+roman+english+pdfPDF 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_off0000ccfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCFC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e50e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE50E 17536 bytes
SHA-256: 54c800f1d1ad883be90090a044e718edb6dc5a19c4319fa3617486a388d84ba9
font_02_sfnt_off00011133.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11133 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 50090f4ac2f72cf0a765198ad51e43b45f5346cb45347f9d75326a5aa95fbcda