Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b62b3ac4b12a651e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-08-30 01:07:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6aa34f16156e138d94bbebfe6962c2ac SHA-1: 6e2ae58ccef5f956043124ce13c4961ff85e37f0 SHA-256: b62b3ac4b12a651e599c8fa932cf4bcbccc6498e2af56cdab8288040cbac764f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or downloads. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+unpaired+electrons+in+coordination+compounds PDF link annotation
    • https://acrgruppe.de/userfiles/file/gakitaziwixixokuxetur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moutierrozeille.fr/userfiles/file/zakel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a61487575d1---nimositifokinodido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a31991503e3---62843349520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075394ecf46c---zaruxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmscsmartlifeblog.com/userfiles/files/jojofofutudajexuvijuwep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f55035fa3---44074039022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c2828f258---78691916841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///202172362632731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhouzhuank.com/v15/Upload/file/20218261735375415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluebiz.kr/userData/board/file/turavokavigolin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e68e2cefe6a---sasesinupajajimadapuvodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://novahealthclinic.ca/userfiles/file/bugefofimolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cc905cb12afa261a7f5d0e56fc2f8a7/85263737883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccargiurgiu.ro/userfiles/file/jugonegugezafafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gilendor.cz/userfiles/file/doxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiddeefire.com/media/userfiles/files/duvodewumimotefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b62f733211f---rofulotudowoxoben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083840b9d9e6---77057821180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d92ea2d9d1e5058f385e30ab00a70b8/befevepafipusowuludifuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/durewifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869f0dd5700---8590634278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shibbirs.com/media/files/rijej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc53e92a1adf76207c10b4f96bb2b8e8/kipobajupip.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_off0000c5e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5E9 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 4d876a02026bf4df5d814a427396e3f33bb51497e846bf3d416a24670acd8902
font_01_sfnt_off0000df49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF49 16736 bytes
SHA-256: 3423de0fe3234ee47a1652e6303874e3c159b94df687377b250c5ad852e1e9dc
font_02_sfnt_off00010ac5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AC5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1