Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03bc30bb976c3778…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 17:38:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: cc42beb6099e1c8abdde4b01e461dbab SHA-1: 39b4279bc67f1ff4923796c50839ad1d66ab4854 SHA-256: 03bc30bb976c37783c5b8c187d070934f210226e9419b02a8bc448d6b41482f4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The 'SE_URGENCY_LURE' heuristic, though low-signal on its own, supports the phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/161194e1663f71---jujisovave.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gulfcans.com/home/madarmun/public_html/gulfcans/images/bulk_images/files/41397015165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pjkconstruction.ca/images/file/noserakazibalenoxibasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gregor-biffiger.ch/userfiles/file/pabojunel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vervesimuhub.com/userfiles/file/ralibar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607884f83257a---nupipavifiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://an-ocn.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24535607167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotwresort.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuzosarexegepoposireve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europacreativaeuskadi.eu/files/galeria/files/62174751517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albatrossmrn.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/76649981259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edosf8ac9bhuh8epn3pv3bget6/34974177252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a40209981da---dorovekadamizozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.se/upload/15211812872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cl-pub.com/files/files/99860256550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stacjaregeneracja.pl/userfiles/file/64262222553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giadinhlaurenso.org/upload/files/84858996000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgd42.ru/userfiles/file/kozegutekimabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a27a8a2c43139723bbb8c5bd35cb032c/zulabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://annekienlen.fr/imagesfile/80711450904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e21b4a0a39626ab7ab7ccf8a81d4fb4b/16391490344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160948a0f37489---dumolimozolijifomuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/vuranot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesishotel.com/res/wysiwyg/file/15058302629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160907a829fe28---44475544918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=upsc+english+question+paper+with+answerPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e043.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE043 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f855.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF855 17924 bytes
SHA-256: 5fdf15fe7af44476ff0263c5e4c179d85426042df078ec3605af5b1ad9c9a888
font_02_sfnt_off0001265d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1265D 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 25596aa3537d7282c43d1fae0bf9c31bdd5391439762ff4d8d8b2b5602730b79