Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3fd45256bbf59d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 06:45:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0177b4b23d4bc983a7a30dec409e6b4c SHA-1: c1e8dcc548249d23205e26804f09429ff01f297d SHA-256: b3fd45256bbf59d2c0290235ff56bf5e2559dd2e549f44e2b8a70f4e69f93ee3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites, suggesting it's used to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a download button lure reinforces the phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160952957e9f46---pewamipenogumew.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kalmi.ru/upfiles/files/41216063120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d055fc51a8---lapovudusofufazixogat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dpk5r8unct69nssll0tfclr5hj/naxubaredalarafibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biholka.cz/uploades/userfiles/file/18058429783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca64580540---58780912276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carbonelite.ru/file/87091904132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db77e5f12f6---65038955287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samngaimarble.com/html_upload/file/rixometuwevexegivuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sdqgjm47mpo99ohac3051875qv/fexuxojifofinumazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vipbeachhouse.com/uploads/editor/file/92079714387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/ropafepejofoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pataniforum.com/admin/jquery/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91725156790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ituor.ir/basefile/chartermeinfo/files/vovunedoxix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775afd07313---tawupijaguwet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tele-video.ru/upload/files/lanewamurozovisamunupob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-cluny.cz/UserFiles/file/88425643151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mbamantra.com/ci/userfiles/files/nejapilowolasotixotani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomartani.eu/userfiles/files/dokajeloxaxuzenow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xpressup.com/userfiles/file/34015707760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161270ff67ded5---92006064155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c78bd26380---wuserijusoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasteofruraleurope.eu/upload/File/jinadisesode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dream-mebel.com/pic/file/mebexuwofizesosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=vajiram+and+ravi+political+science+optional+notes+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed805ca280---lixegibisusupofudiw.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_off0000d690.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD690 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eea7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA7 10944 bytes
SHA-256: f565257e997984b9670adf6fc5c507ba32f8039d0eecb1276a37bc43a08aa95f
font_02_sfnt_off000107f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107F6 18448 bytes
SHA-256: 29ca1061d40c72658dc39e2d8b180b3fbd3fb7ea94a3d7d804104b8589266dac