Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03b4edf90735e842…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-06-26 18:46:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 56888f11cefc78d3b678c8fea49fc339 SHA-1: 43f29fc886d09f943907edecbde97abeee0e3557 SHA-256: 03b4edf90735e842fbe74286f17242041e6683bf881aa8bac5f023ff480069cd
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malware or phishing for credentials. The document impersonates a cloud service, a common lure for spearphishing attachments.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Cloud document impersonation lure medium SE_CLOUD_DOC_LURE
    Document impersonates a cloud file-sharing service such as SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, or Microsoft 365 and asks the user to open, verify, or access a shared document
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=diary+of+a+wimpy+kid+books+read+online+free
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/79586539523.pdf
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b78b07f1796---55957911642.pdf
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a54e8f96067---vemubiditokeburaw.pdf
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c66bad3350d---viped.pdf
    • https://willmarlakesarea2040.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1442768837.pdf
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b26fc205b72---fidelawenesijilofox.pdf
    • http://gd-weimi.com/upfolder/e/files/20210612075144.pdf
    • http://brette-animation.com/userfiles/file/14241366844.pdf
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/io79v1n44vkv1c9a7rvg37g3aj/3848273993.pdf
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/ritozinipizor.pdf
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58229bbd4bbeb1baa54a926a63eb8d91/8301542616.pdf
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k9vc4i8rol1u21sam2vb7tt4tm/76185866479.pdf
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92870536039.pdf
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606de31ed03e6---jawuwi.pdf
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094e3a56cc78---kuxekadujo.pdf
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/61129255972.pdf
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d8b4f367818daaa2fd84b11cb34fc47/51467612195.pdf
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r4k4hj7dndv6klsbksqmfokg81/seradanibisemexegi.pdf
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5672624127af29127a2be53fe1cdee89/78929656730.pdf
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29sc5fb23m7aq0kar4nu7cul56/dobivevokurutolug.pdf
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf871cc208---gilezepaku.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_off0000f20c.bin
aa41effb3779226d8e4505808d836dc9027334e5d7106ade383b8d3bf99c56b2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF20C 17420 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011f11.bin
35826d1ffbd4b42d13d548dbf32ee03e45d42862a7a65fed7eb86064b43045bf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F11 10992 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013862.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13862 16792 bytes