Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03277688a557398f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 08:49:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 55cf27d523ae683cdcfa7ba4f9b880ff SHA-1: a492b0ac3f3118eed1e951f6c8369b9caa1ae29c SHA-256: 03277688a557398f674ad4474e1615ef07579f36de199d0134037c7a1c8255cd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate the PDF functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised or disposable hosting sites. The presence of numerous URLs, many hosted on potentially compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://ntouioc.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuzafojuxoraribapusu.pdf
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d48950d4b9---labigobudazak.pdf
    • http://indemo.pl/Image/files/matojonegamamanutoxawu.pdf
    • http://amsasecretariat.fr/userfiles/file/53921439873.pdf
    • http://sakem.org/userfiles/files/namaxuwuwevi.pdf
    • http://donaldnathanlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/ratafabivow.pdf
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bfe3ed0bd7---pamigaxavipafi.pdf
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132475b6695a---tujatikokopigaju.pdf
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210902181354163.pdf
    • http://salkim.com/userfiles/file/52928826357.pdf
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/80778739453.pdf
    • http://ambartakip.net/belgeler/file/zisusijidivizavimamejujo.pdf
    • http://diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43335440220.pdf
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4s7ojr3ikc13agkeh2cujfjuk/lozixilevo.pdf
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/vetemurefedu.pdf
    • https://ebus.myskoolapp.com/FCKeditor/FCKimgUpload/file/muzotiken.pdf
    • http://bowie.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/bebexepajovomodizum.pdf
    • https://lwim-ouargla.dz/ar/files/niduxefobar.pdf
    • http://chongqinghaohong.com/upload/files/97697492000.pdf
    • https://coastalstudio.com/images/main/file/78479993352.pdf
    • https://fenicia.uy/fenicia.com.uy/uploads/files/minotojez.pdf
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b96e1af075---tonapimusetedekivepilewu.pdf
    • https://www.highlandernepal.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rufunisexaw.pdf
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/2159085223.pdf
    • http://hauptlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/weguronaruxemoxemafi.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=50+level+easy+deathrun
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b660.bin
94b1473597655caf3978e09ed66dcca9ecfc0672d7fcba8a43d36a8db4346f23
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB660 17812 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e339.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE339 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb50.bin
39a58045bceb743c9627d14d41dbf07a4052f538525ad0a6948868f630bc4afb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB50 10572 bytes