Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03a0383b474a7645…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 16:11:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 42ed175e7b0cb5f78ba95748d43a7215 SHA-1: 095fb9ec8444edaa794fd4d884d637ccba2a263d SHA-256: 03a0383b474a76459863b0a1a1e2430b495a117a9a0ddb19109a72fa5112fa43
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting it is used to distribute phishing content or further malware. The presence of external URIs and link farms on compromised CMS uploads strongly supports its role as a malicious lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tensile+structure+details+connection+pdf
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/2300946010.pdf
    • http://tidomusica.com/uploads/files/202108242054303827.pdf
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/914r2g8uo801u7v5u5loubf531/sageguserufobumikan.pdf
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160908747c7245---36115206321.pdf
    • http://spc1991.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rigorovudosukima.pdf
    • https://itandem.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pumomodo.pdf
    • http://stellamaris.cz/userfiles/pufut.pdf
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081bf405dab5---41968593319.pdf
    • http://rhodeislandalpha.com/clients/56223/File/biboranagifew.pdf
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa3620a739---63798175608.pdf
    • http://yuhenganquan.com/userfiles/file/20210614120609_2075302865.pdf
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/21629607626.pdf
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dbfkn7fdmv2j7nrmkqsuforu7/22350528032.pdf
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c752351ac40---ripigusipadotaponajezirin.pdf
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b91401b61e---lazosafitepodukim.pdf
    • http://kechengchem.com/upload/files/98162231973.pdf
    • http://hamdard.com/hamdard/app/webroot/img/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuxijifusavi.pdf
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6787fde53f---89820804701.pdf
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc37e5981b---daforip.pdf
    • http://rauvuonsach.com/images/uploads/files/8526221858.pdf
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161219a5935204---83328893872.pdf
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fbf80794373---sajanijazorabuzojedise.pdf
    • http://morgancountyoh.com/userimages/62537947229.pdf
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0765d879f9---25466941438.pdf
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3505383641774e81a3129ae3fb66f90/15874668813.pdf
    • 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_off0001044c.bin
7e0aab9062dcfd1b48ce817f4e4a4d61ae8532ad0d58fdc4f23de1bff9b68bff
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1044C 19440 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013753.bin
747ba22961e4e4b5291547ec956aff77b6db2ad767d365562620f9477ecde4da
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13753 10676 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014fef.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14FEF 16792 bytes