Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03b0b0bc5962b936…

MALICIOUS

PDF

120.4 KB Created: 2021-08-17 12:30:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 685517462126321d008ce8b3c92b7f60 SHA-1: 39bb5d5598ef705c41d7d7dea8c8b7168f0097c8 SHA-256: 03b0b0bc5962b9361d09c0984083e0123ea7837b6660af216af49e8c5105b53e
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It contains a large number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The malformed stream length heuristic indicates potential exploit activity within the PDF structure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=roma+hukuku+latince+terimler PDF link annotation
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eaf734281130d4f02b50d29f405ccd65/jigazudepikitivikab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csa.china-led.net/static/editor/ckeditor/ckfinder/upfile/files/dorazemazugoramodowaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmicropilotes.com/uploads/files/ratodibotaxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098bbef23ba4---56909975007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/62328368551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1k36eeado2s96157jjra5jtp3f/rosixutulisiwuzamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/piragipurilariza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4442562ed8658ded2f77d60df0a75dfb/63376245957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b37b0198a48---lofexarudukodulupilowuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nezrenpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/50730751511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b56c6d0f21---1092684951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonide.org/userfiles/file/rokut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxerdapolenta.com/cmsimple/images/file/mirirevujeleri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2ds-creations.fr/userfiles/file/17492850745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaowebsite.vn/uploads/files/giporilif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dighakanchaninternational.com/FCKeditor/file/bujeratowukufobaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beulahcooleycollection.com/clients/870349/File/14038243189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160833dcbbeba2---kumedogazapeladem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://navliecky.net/userfiles/file/ripilud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae762fe0c0b65aa95b4b21c2df7b17aa/10811027436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafegreenwichvillage.com/uploads/files/fafukosowiloxope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventilyatsia-v-sochi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuwofor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rafaela-motores.com/userfiles/file/52263234417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f4912611a---67488050538.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_off000170e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x170E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000188f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x188F6 20360 bytes
SHA-256: 6386f4be20672cb877e5c84bc2416c3daec8e1b89677346770af978ee22fdeca
font_02_sfnt_off0001ba55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BA55 10564 bytes
SHA-256: fcddd6dc9d46f6f663ecf53f33ca32c7c11287411460d6bba706f1c6ef201348