Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03048a007ed9be75…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-07-03 10:08:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: ed65557ccbb0ee06ae365a4602b77b79 SHA-1: ba86b5457530ea8d62f558ab16a07c12d139046d SHA-256: 03048a007ed9be75b354ff9791dde36a101ceafb48a0b268ed6ba82239b05bb8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and is structured as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to facilitate further exploitation or download additional payloads. The link farm technique is commonly used in phishing campaigns to direct victims to fake login pages or exploit kits.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://tragadsonisurat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41656345997.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f16a6cac3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757a7f373c9---xobomax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whscardinals1963.com/clients/9/9e/9e5fab02d16e7113a74bdd4e7828f974/File/85279080494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nig9kkhs9798k516scv400nqr6/33720270480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/voroganumod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1229f1460a7626a2698bbd7a4e71808b/kafuxugawujitezemususi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/19943251670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/wuritulege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1b741a839a8760764d996e6de63cefb/batexesedafetop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c85482d4747---64835745972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liffeyartefacts.com/fckimagefile/file/72842043025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azstorestudio.com/uploads/files/4869883190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watthaistuttgart.de/userfiles/file/11277770861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/98095871499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d353036f2---18988427434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/29730636372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/637f711d73513fb55bafe7003e896cd6/gafifufijafewatelutuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brkvinc.com/userfiles/file/40428564326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cogersquest.com/clients/f/f6/f6194b381802d71b6842d6160e8859b1/File/bolumeropub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesfeesdelhetre.fr/upload/files/dizisujifotuvepenig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archltginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59edf9182332bf416f3bb147aeafdf5c/niwitupugenelag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topjobsnepal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4433820031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushi-belovo.ru/files/38051378777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edvikiai3ggpq9obc0apeslen6/60472837319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=tonsillitis+and+tonsil+stonesPDF 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_off0000f045.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF045 16948 bytes
SHA-256: 6fc1e44df1d1e103ac495d702ee97dae08e4084173310c03ce48346c36652070
font_01_sfnt_off00011c4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C4D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013464.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13464 10104 bytes
SHA-256: 984c8e4f1634ebdfe84950e8ea27036c9e7895802f78696adbd9aa740b160a2a