Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03ae8fa996ac6d6f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-08-14 10:23:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: eb0638286749cf555b74be61571a81bb SHA-1: ffaf6b57cd8b1bce7402f1efcaf749e55a92b7b2 SHA-256: 03ae8fa996ac6d6f0279c7dfcb020ba1b4202fde3cb06cc324dd89ab74af37c5
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, many of which are hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of external links and the nature of the heuristics point towards the document acting as a lure to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=banco+bancolombia+miami PDF link annotation
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ab30ebb2d7---vakukitukiwuresovozapivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.lv/pictures/image/14371053538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa840da3b26497ae38abb208a3f524c9/vogifawakakojuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://musikkursus.dk/userfiles/file/65380258242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valsadindustries.com/userfiles/file/95131369192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxfirma.com/userfiles/file/mugowodanov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ae2096578d---jujobalubibuduwovezesekaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be344954ab9---84239834160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/virix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centronegozi.com/public/96451817282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160968c8de0723---32029394840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariapolis.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51832828330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/67051530994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahzycw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-28/20210728040751326719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cb62a893cc5ebf734d74b6d615e995a/xoluxefitolewekezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ee9dcc675367d017997afd65f137188/89610850076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b755a058ba8---pibipozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/21356028288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arc-en-cielproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sasoxupivavezarerezigod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae1647be478---63506213645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/beziniwexofumeramavamisi.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_off00010685.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10685 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011e97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E97 17812 bytes
SHA-256: 1bfb723eb7fa1df5b2f034688728f0cb852b15a20c41f683e7e9c7ee33e0db49
font_02_sfnt_off00014d83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D83 10084 bytes
SHA-256: 0f1f054a6b469e663f3f06bdbd0968c1233687e59a6ecebed0251fb97abde474

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