Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03671a355f5def1c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-07-17 08:53:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: c554a6c73d930d53c302853a20839844 SHA-1: 159d3e0e5d15d554e7d133cc6111783e35720417 SHA-256: 03671a355f5def1cd66b33cfd17fd48351fbb5a4b3e29da34c28b52ff5c69459
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68e643bd134b5e8addbf116c4cce5aa7/dojowuxekagido.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dentalcenterstudio.it/userfiles/files/pupozugozawugutipofareru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peilimineko.com/userfiles/file/devid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c9ceb4e044---xujin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c27d8f1195e---53623862295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b02476085---nutivonurujigusudopolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://densayhongngoai.com/uploads/userfiles/file/tejuzivosogixiwif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608116b469302---68852655425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44306bd8416d7bb782c63cb1d83ed463/dujarajetol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44b0df245d5c0e543144dfc0953dadf0/delegode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariamontecchia.com/userfiles/files/dodobimumezagabafudeturo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e331068af42---nesevubafosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltarents.com/upload/ckfinder/files/jilibifimokum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///48859231044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e17192b04e---gagigasisalame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123natura.com/stockages/files/ruwij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amphorabeautyclub.com/campannas/file/88681275570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d10c12868ca6b0ac9b2c140eb66b006f/7773370695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f41666ab1d---27678273386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0fa492af3---kanidexidezuzepamumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/76150002385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/jafuxevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf886e47c358004b551e13b14fc9c9cd/vodox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellina.pl/userfiles/file/52770669589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedarcreeksauce.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45ebd3311bf38b9ae2436bc8a72973cc/66987830220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4edffe6eaf8f2c556e6945ea2ba2bdc/sefabosuniwuxifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=essential+chemistry+textbook+for+senior+secondary+schoolPDF 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_off0000d798.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD798 11172 bytes
SHA-256: d23cba4681482e6eb63f869c0a9a405bfa0cc21260925baa139d6d024a3047ae
font_01_sfnt_off0000f18b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF18B 17320 bytes
SHA-256: 79fc98695a7bba4e7020011cb7e9d2aed27adf3d9b1e0377e37317907910701a
font_02_sfnt_off00011e68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E68 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1