Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03c38d8df254503d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-08-17 07:38:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6990954b4c5ea833cb75e6181023c743 SHA-1: b1aec41e397c329ae303c203eecf8bf7bacb69cb SHA-256: 03c38d8df254503da9140122a6cdd3df2fdc71b871a8e5086f67faf77c0eb0a0
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload storage or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The document impersonates cloud services and prompts the user to install a browser update, a common lure for credential theft or malware installation. The presence of these lures and the high ML score indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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
  • 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://dodomacnosti.net/data/file/wibuzamimedefu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8625dabf15---punobutokawibupoxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f37138608b3---11528297198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b057e3b2e---19507562260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathayred-csr.com/img-cathay/files/xasuwijibarijuxenupimomek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecreator.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bufazifonafadenosebot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--knstlerische-biografie-arbeit-lbd.ch/userfiles/files/kuwixob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ridersshop.it/file/8941772107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1b3bacf03---zajoteberiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ztkammer.at/uploads/file/71904941744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellarvvv.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92901147807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eraucheta.ru/uploads/file/wexuxinapiwigam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c33bb29f998---17768136841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084896e0b38c---320490324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/85687411517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48f21e2e0173c0f697783a812994b30f/65273513664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shesob.com/file/files/sokonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b9c73d7e48---42105064937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wrd13.com/force/file/tugofibamezeduta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f437501a5c5---68269312093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozdoby-betonowe21.pl/Upload/file/21202415497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konsultacjenaukowe.eu/Upload/file/wogipavorowatigiferi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termofriz.rs//files/83319839692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a3d07a32e3---8868450618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contactconfiance.com/files/files/35757873923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=venom+google+drive+2018PDF 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_off0000e681.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE681 10700 bytes
SHA-256: 5710c8a7d227ad2750c12cbc825a2dce771b0ed35c7119cb767fba57ba0b935d
font_01_sfnt_off0000fed9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFED9 16304 bytes
SHA-256: cdc2d12ce17e6f5e6cb8c97326cf4e458cb510988142939ec97ec3f491308e46
font_02_sfnt_off00012941.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12941 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1