Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03a68fad0a6b57fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 19:44:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 18da3767429bc29d008ed48264cb6a1c SHA-1: 7ca6a5cd5d7885a700764136c2e6ea3586ce391b SHA-256: 03a68fad0a6b57fb22ba8bd26dcf799267b890abff49e711afd33b5ca36f6852
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious payloads. The PDF also hosts numerous links on compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or social engineering lure to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+fillable+child+passport+application PDF link annotation
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81ef3c346deb09c0fe92919371b096bd/30547464819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/704e1b7c41c654ea8e55d4028efc511d/tedewux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d97805fa53---90763893613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f21738f067b174fdb37cdc0556dcabb/84214247459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2767cc6768---27084457296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f21ee05960a---dazow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevenseahotel.com/uploads/images/files/kolunuposurutiwijasof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cicadit.ro/UserFiles/file/7199406590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ewdel.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wojoxulesinaxafin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.huntsvillepr.com/files/files/bivobamolinuzinodaputeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amirafouad.com/uploaded_files/file/liwejopilafidalexolofusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macabrey-luthier.fr/data/Files/63555029005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kidneytracker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pirutubuwulopenopaperox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6201eb19d1---xizekamom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80an2aej.xn--p1ai/up/file/39400288026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mysmartedu.com/uploadimages/files/morufax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsydesign.com/userfiles/jws/files/tixapijidigef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tlls9s9hh1h5j9j6ohkjcsur36/45660306462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idukkidiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6078225383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poptheme.cn/uploadfile/files/20210825_225737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anglometais.com.br/adm/Editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71177209340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b8af00570---gevuluwiwitis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160808f3a622eb---gixakekujadabevubejogukof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cf573f1324f4555a44032f23a58193f/24649845250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8c7498355c---zigebubugapinolalukomenuk.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_off0000ce03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE03 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 6cebb21c87e882e382aa7f1a347005ed0a4822c7e9356db9ec91d71f71aa8ba4
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6C4 17656 bytes
SHA-256: 3fb80baadba8c2987675174416534ce3c454959a720568f4849e734f3e103393
font_02_sfnt_off000114e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1