Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5b3c40e4c786d4d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-10-01 04:18:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 0ff1d7dd113ac112dfc0778b5422a122 SHA-1: c58d32d54e079630ff7e71d52098b53063f45253 SHA-256: b5b3c40e4c786d4d012b776d1c3f9893bac221902cc81432a1a1b4d306d6cf5c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a link farm that points to multiple compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging these links to distribute further payloads or conduct phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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.
  • 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://chinese-wall.tw/upload/files/57532921618.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/21192109228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140ce3e02356---97638582556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoilhpnqbthanh.com/upload/file/nazifolotalit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcjpsmh6rudo58cv28ap0u134k/gexevovunogarisepavixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volpatoebrum.com.br/_common/admin/scripts/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81459937975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb9816084e560b26e71b0dc67af6bf85/sefaxivowufasino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cafeinca.com/img/public/contenido/file/60122327772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qhzs88.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021091616535280554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brihat-group.com/assets/userfiles/files/kivufavomaxivogomosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zenkatsu.dk/files/bigedenomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r2suucsjf44bqo37bhspkg0r21/29009784445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140bef640d1d---nakajubeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copyjokertw.aw6.tw/uploadfile/qu4_qu106_com/files/99073408009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aburobocon2019.mnb.mn/uploads/files/kiwipevogeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julianina.de/upload/file/tanukabolevefagumigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dl037cjdo0vtrjucao4clftd2/kozagatipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tybistanbul.org/resimler/files/majerotubazidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukonlinedirect.com/userfiles/files/17286428543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-ys.info/js/upload/files/wubivifutuzagewopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuanhuadanang.vn/uploads/image/files/fifukisafejuluvojub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hongmao.tw/uploads/files/202109060648535672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b09e4fb0b0bedc25109837db1a1f2703/39741023386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=nds+3d+romsPDF 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_off0000b0c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0C8 9924 bytes
SHA-256: df9f39d623e7284b90d0cb73124ed9cae3001a87195cd24488c752ca18088524
font_01_sfnt_off0000c6b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6B3 16936 bytes
SHA-256: b352e596b0af3bdc8b358529e25c1efd3b13a6049ff9f0b7a5f3622022f21d55
font_02_sfnt_off0000f28d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF28D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1