Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03784fc5b5f86066…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-07-08 12:25:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 95ebf5d963c3ded16f08efb3d70d0a66 SHA-1: 27f1192317e940a5ea963b9ccc9f2a1e15c3d3f9 SHA-256: 03784fc5b5f86066ed544aa4491a3cc43ab0d2938bcf98d4cafa4a910153482e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links to compromised websites, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the intent to trick users into downloading a payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=my+talking+tom+unlimited+coins+and+diamonds+mod+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725f41bdda3---33049191420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ep4t4rc72jr4bkl0vf4vo3qdj0/14101848026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deg9f68295ohqu78f2t071ie4f/xalolikajilukidigodijika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bac55e8339---53331331506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/gakox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfdcbf8b688---ropizazesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://questyme.com/userfiles/file/fatobavunimafaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088722920e3a---migatetodovebijakeratej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607595d2d6c9c---63578140466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081171996764---gulikokaxun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acc0b51aa6b4292aa6ce75b3513f27a0/90090943743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985d636cd6e---fopixinawawotajulej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089d3d0e627f---tudezivorefege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valve-toho.com/userfiles/file/jefosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/fedakuxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccf85b3d0871fef5f865b4559069b1a3/popasadonajedakaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091132736b27---mubemararuwaxafuwixewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be0b8e3fa0d---25741778989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160770271d91fc---zarinufadubemaropifowip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyiksem.hu/uploads/file/79697865257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96acf8aa723e65a4536dfe5b7594cb54/saguvonat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1efd714148---xoboxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davebakeragency.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25e0e3ca2830f2f3c18604ac51f1b48e/4035311085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c88674ac9db---27294323207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f968.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF968 27912 bytes
SHA-256: 2f02cd2f5102e1f8173d4c6caf1086e9c18f117e99e81695cf5466e06bc0c573
font_01_sfnt_off00013201.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13201 11056 bytes
SHA-256: 8424a1aa32e80240e039e037f8a9d64959b1cd913b04726f9c5148b86538ef4e
font_02_sfnt_off00014b89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B89 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1