Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03a1327437ee409c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:21:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: c9b02e882f3b6a5f1caeaf7c6e3e7421 SHA-1: af0bb53e1d27b42aa9c38a56e161a5e91f39275e SHA-256: 03a1327437ee409c91fdd0154036bfaa2e1b6ee15a87b4530be9d94a14a60b1e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=solution+manual+elementary+linear+algebra PDF link annotation
    • http://medica-eg.com/userfiles/file/34147422270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evo-models.com/uploads/userfiles/files/39743093526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xawed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a33496c7b2b74fca1fb5d92eecef2f0/91289668684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samarthanamparisara.org/apadmin/uploads/userfiles/files/85764619810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hg384t43gprov8i6mdra70jc76/6256653308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://se-ty.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/85128697189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3751a9425c7ebc2554128692730d487/zavib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medrea.ru/upload/files/86797162868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callalilyvn.com/upload/files/pumame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diaochue.vn/userfiles/file/vuzirapagegug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirabrealtors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e3bfaaa1e6---demuzirajopufibixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nslogisticservice.com/userfiles/files/69914764315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2a9a0d8c3---voxovowunoroduxutetix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/12399556059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108a2cec9381---45635198708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://australiancaravancentre.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26658504529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flygarfield.net/userfiles/file/92312809357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5214d03c58---15629934788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/13924447070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parbatsamajjapan.com/img/files/files/24603319563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc25bdaf75b---jelabelidajuwefebalataw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irths.com/upload_files/files/nekojoxewokasilumudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f87ff86711---86820185817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steakclubhn.com/campannas/file/72673290447.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_off0000bf47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF47 17056 bytes
SHA-256: e54d0bd1462331f0016a158368dffce031ce51bf17529609564c8c9d8b31bb6c
font_01_sfnt_off0000ebcb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBCB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000103e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103E2 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 61fd5950f6755e3075518ae8f2348b347f3b067502880bc6344a4285f670539e