Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 003ab81d2bec2f19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-15 23:26:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 9447464070bbd8c319bbed10c46d1c85 SHA-1: 9f178357bc925b0ae23b03bac8490b96ce82f7ee SHA-256: 003ab81d2bec2f19addb425d029504db89a82526a844b5c668289768780e0e2a
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 or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing lure, likely delivered via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://blueview.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/53448217062.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.satit.nrru.ac.th/satit/_Adminis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/keludotanotupel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watdoenwevandaag.nl/upload/9382299476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613db30879b50---22609797412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poaglasses.com/uploads/files/202109020419044009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://excellencetogether.com/img/files/file/runupefowikowidawilezam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksklinika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dixigabuxefav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vnnc.vn/img-hdmedia/files/36461650070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosanuesa.com/componentes/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73156640800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://craft-personal.de/userfiles/file/35649239947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b3f912a343---nabete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonductudong.com/upload/files/15155084966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mskgroup-spb.ru/upload/file/65205703181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matraci.info/UserFiles/File/rubebowojanupijixezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikunjfoundation.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vabozezeduxudusigopuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://21cedu.com/pds/userfiles/files/fanokiborebiporen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emcp-pmce.ca/_includes/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72763276728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drticket.ir/basefile/drtiketcom/files/66511954327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridahouselottery.com/test/userfiles/file/49875136134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://islenapuntos.com/campannas/file/kazanulixorigitila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139cd83eeef9---kibedinovop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/68008539044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhttourist.com/upload/fckimagesfile/gasitigakexisopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hse.tw/upload/file/67346995301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=vsco+apk+mod+unlockedPDF 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_off0000dd89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD89 18528 bytes
SHA-256: 5abb8426e2a230ff7524c05a6d7a33bdfb585dd1266435b604598b4486c20873
font_01_sfnt_off00010d60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D60 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 54733c812e0754b8617a0b65aa31f25e8488493a2461613cb1ea7e18dbd08725
font_02_sfnt_off00012572.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12572 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1