Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03679b18b0fb5e93…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-09-13 13:48:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 7ab2989cf0fd1cf2f681e4ab4fbd45a7 SHA-1: 51b8ab01ffa1e2ce4dd96fd8562c957e60cfd879 SHA-256: 03679b18b0fb5e9372301df3313634e1bb08b1be01db6dd85e8f62b2af4ca2cb
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, with high-severity heuristics indicating it contains links to algorithmically-generated and compromised CMS upload URLs. The PDF structure and numerous external links suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely leveraging spearphishing attachments as the initial access vector. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links points to a potential download or redirection to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://phanphoiongnhuahoasen.vn/upload/files/26643725951.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://soswzgierz.pl/web/uploads/files/warolit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restokrat.info/userfiles/file/47259106435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatrangpalace.net/app/webroot/upload/files/52252676856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com/userfiles/file/xiratagulesamixidunisetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dammesliepas.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lutatutibuwolewiwoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kqcme.yiaiwang.com.cn/upload/files/99379620998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161346c137a739---92266151072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4670d1a3d24c8527db9c4b9ef23431c/85956710313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainbrookbuilders.com/home/mountain/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ramagufewanibosekaweve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tentauto23.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36085284719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clair-environnement.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/29592052147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-nora.com/userfiles/file/76501065278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-coeppicus.ch/upload/file/89638475045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inbjnews.com/data/cheditor/0603/files/jofozenerujepibizifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anpheatingandac.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/muluga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/19235806504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detector-billetes.com/Imagenes/file/vipemudaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biomedia.asia/upload/ckimage/files/26017270555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cavice.fi/tiedostot/files/26542355085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c674e43d46---xexizowifoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.centrosanmarco.eu/img/news/files/77373492297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arredamentoambienti.it/img/file/pikerubemapow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webbuilders.com/files/file/12812158671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=android+record+call+programmaticallyPDF 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_off0000ca11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA11 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 90e580121250cc1fe9bd9cce7a2db4527bf607d015c2207ded7ae0c548b5894c
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2AA 16644 bytes
SHA-256: 33ccb9a58c5976dd55590d24ad254953b2fa3996dbd2dad35c6397bafbcc4435
font_02_sfnt_off00010e0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E0C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1