Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03851a566c3989f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-07-01 23:19:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 7170aa04b7d276b48e8527cd68768095 SHA-1: 72974d198f01ddecb43c192a7c6bc083580ec6f7 SHA-256: 03851a566c3989f0c6a74424ddcadb52de5e4e70f2882d43ba861c85c9d29f17
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The heuristics indicate that the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites and potentially disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=combine+two+pdf+files+together PDF link annotation
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e15149f817cce0df1a6a4a4a758a3756/61816752292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abandassociates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ferezidavemadomosepikuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.ca/upload/editor/file/54244153921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/311caa879719af097632b033d82b1d05/40347583464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdaniec.com/upload/files/81211995325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c99a289a0a---veginesadojom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://outspokenholland.com/userfiles/fckFile/20210607062329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607774d5b074f---vadoxiraromane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be79bd1949d---75535391833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60bjr7ig451tq9hbhc9hp7io97/podokuxaxepimitejox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8ce386dd4b---93638483664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/zutojuduto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irk-yoga.ru/upload/files/kivawifasekifif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076680c4ef23---67124605564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/vatowasuwawix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5eq44pdhcl8febfci3157ituuv/2567611347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aac7b465823---savupelamuxupaluben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160907110d2546---46276593137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b5391f25f---kamudasazedowidumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ohgcotsc13cv5nv5t9clf44d0v/23342029731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98685594434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dte2vv5g9qin9ppl0cl3qom334/10984163331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a85671dcd3d---zevesakejif.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_off0000ddfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDFE 16596 bytes
SHA-256: a0b0f5ae3dc10f2c7bb615bcbd4693b998002b5a02bac99a3b362fbb8b34992d
font_01_sfnt_off00010928.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10928 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001213f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1213F 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 035a0a44c3e668b8ce3ceed8209d1110ca7f067a8aa9fb8d551135425bf0bc4f