Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03aa35450a76c29c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-06-26 01:51:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c98e942357f2db93a12e101f1fb5dedd SHA-1: 467b6b066e32656b509b6beaf34413935361e50d SHA-256: 03aa35450a76c29cee5ab485eb52e8836ada29fd821019c513f9e8febd39b188
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=spiderman+easy+drawing+for+kids
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67544564489.pdf
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075782214716---39950094583.pdf
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30850a657cd74996c8a1eaeee9efdede/55566794577.pdf
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b6eddb0225---pejojepaxalo.pdf
    • https://baobihungphu.com/media/ftp/file/40070104981.pdf
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088287190976---tunugisixujuxiloka.pdf
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4069916c4ba0bbb2c91408dd2f60b100/16016402543.pdf
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfm9u5gcq2r3t31efabjl12ei1/jenidatevubugeve.pdf
    • https://acronimocostanzo.com/userfiles/file/90784220719.pdf
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/38168947267.pdf
    • http://dieta-plus.pl/userfiles/file/pusevagega.pdf
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609731e2d8c54---sajuzavizojerunavuwov.pdf
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad97d4428c9---kimaru.pdf
    • http://scamps.biz/userfiles/file/2877621191.pdf
    • https://pharma-tools.eu/galeria/file/43008104149.pdf
    • http://teraval.cz/res/file/sotuleramemirug.pdf
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51e976c164e434196e2176f3df284fda/xuvadozonago.pdf
    • http://reunionclass.com/clients/7469/File/73621049175.pdf
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dcb98d36aa---70782563956.pdf
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eg303g3ehhtbj7j7e6i8mn1lhq/55208554946.pdf
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4ab1d583ccf87294f3b2591558b1c16/wutamunizisazitodu.pdf
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/28930121311.pdf
    • https://maturana.cl/upload/file/mokuw.pdf
    • https://aulacvn.com/upload/fck/file/wadago.pdf
    • http://ndt-tl.ru/upload/file/tanenakakedamevadufobe.pdf
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a1dba604ee950d86bcb9610a1d2f34c/75713217585.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_off0000f857.bin
3205af8538ff98c9abd69c1838792302a8922d82b0d0c75a903acb3ffe7908c4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF857 11064 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000111f0.bin
0ccc1b74af50c67fb09ded1066747978a63b96c9d9e49c2a61c06ffb12e5e889
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111F0 16744 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013db4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DB4 16792 bytes