Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03a3c3c7f4b55584…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 23:54:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 82c33ab10c093b77bc8e0bc8f0559494 SHA-1: c6bd51a327b00c3d629df9e9df382044a0f15a73 SHA-256: 03a3c3c7f4b555841fdac90da53949b4ba098f9e7b85fcd9302296695a5ec12e
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and uses an image-based lure. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=histone+h3+acetylation PDF link annotation
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c878d9c61c7---zovaxixem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citronixdeflection.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/zejedidanal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starma.pl/files/file/17531755943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bunianco.com/other_files/File/mirito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s2cqiq7299da1fmlsfvksfrtd3/vuritodopetugapifedopulor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b12cfeba9876b6789d7356d83717b2da/56686787067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccardolj.ro/userfiles/file/28338466954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d4scanada.com/clients/8/81/81a8d3ecf29e0a7d9042e8364394d873/File/221333251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/ranezoboxorupafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lengthening-sldf.com/userfiles/file/kovujozigasevebabivil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modellszerviz.hu/userfiles/file/makajinewumujede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95b3aa3611df797ff57a18a7316fe3b3/nekukawipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donkaew-furniture.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11101441482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cau36eiti84p1krb6ktkj4d7gm/bovovabipujitaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vmmb8h12ucj8h1d0e3e0901gb1/pufepobofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qu2a5e75ghgsv0aor2s787qs14/vapivuwasunapepiwovezot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourister.kr/userfiles/file/ramigipiwobenibil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2c83260271---xofal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a916b5ac041---54844982037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamsongdamchoi.com/images/chua-phan-loai/files/91618645177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a08afbe1226---31908998733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neilreardon.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tizapizedurakixub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8mopja7ovn5hh5a3og8hhqegls/vetagevubafopuvuxe.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_off0000b615.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB615 14008 bytes
SHA-256: 5b94845bae4f8c5c1214b71f5877b15badddefd4b26fc6fee20ee715528c05a0
font_01_sfnt_off0000d86c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD86C 10504 bytes
SHA-256: 6b65596eacd9eaa781717b8fee46f3233b490357b993aaf9c11abb3469fcbf70
font_02_sfnt_off0000f04f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF04F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1