Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 003ab36ae52eec13…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 06:00:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8076b7a4634f96dec74abc90e9bfa99d SHA-1: 0f3136c9c7e8c957d2cc9b863396fe3287a467fd SHA-256: 003ab36ae52eec1372a20637e12bda88062cc446ac745a24637009af932bb36a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://zemtechnika.lt/public/site/0files/gofoxasuxi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://amursvoidom.ru/media/files/faxekadodimokufim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711f2ecfe55---konijubotom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fcd97a2059---10675529401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackwingsexpress.com/upload/userfiles/files/6541942660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab7e6674639aafb59612cd34ba4db619/bizar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102eef5b0b4c---78360903569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607928a98b62c---90612223491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uppersanduskyrotary.com/cms/files/File/78693270057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adoz.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12067027581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5e19b27d5c---65220723440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettipassarinmarzotto.com/userfiles/files/40591430584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loveperfectionschool.com/upload/file/75534106768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160882b8757173---bineguxuvipufeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/31780678232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanabuauto.com/js/upload/files/24078106844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gcoekmr.org/cukashmir/User_Files/imagefile/74508130294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topoint.cc/userfiles/fckFile/20210807025844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gizaviation.com/uploads/files/nunel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoprato.eu/userfiles/files/46126553456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/18318663882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beateromer.com/bilder/file/82535057827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa9e55ddf4---88947191076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gachtrangtritranvinhtin.com/gachtrangtritranvinhtin/Images_upload/files/jalid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=constitutionality+of+delegated+legislation+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_off0000dbe4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBE4 10816 bytes
SHA-256: fb7f017b2d2d3364feb2bf0331793c6283736e665388bae2fc8661cd93c4defc
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4D6 16988 bytes
SHA-256: f9a617765df189a2d84cab46eb7b01b5eef34cdc30f5e7f83f3c7814c28b03c9
font_02_sfnt_off000120da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1