Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03da586e9998fa01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-06-28 14:46:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 21ff1b69f192b06d71ddaee346d4adcc SHA-1: d2c9c25451c5d6c943f4519d566e90c081d4c9b1 SHA-256: 03da586e9998fa017ba3aff7abae7c34f36507ffe68c8bf55e78a2768d9fd0e2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, which likely serve as landing pages for malicious content. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic findings strongly suggest a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/31398719188.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://iswii.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rozozalipewube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9eb8acab201811e37f143d56659a6e0/44788529149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-6/file/sidiredobebaletelel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39a5dac9feeba8b060df9f3ff505468d/70716052206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f39fc59fac146fe45a7832c2f9d42b6a/tipoxekedojilubabibod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v1oq9uq8p233ftbk4if3s88567/rajogemijafavumuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://be1971.com/clients/a/a1/a19be2fc4cf8b198b52f296748481ce5/File/22575806464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608111f7f2934---68628392875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bebef91b78f58365a834696f0c32418b/godufivux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/logifelakakivemaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/xovaxebip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-021.com/userfiles/file/20210627174920_498g9l.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://score1forspencer.com/clients/4/45/4587145e2679cb7673d0e21b436e5c25/File/kobozesajabodaxexazuzode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0494b11e3a---99572458177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vestol.bg/files/file/xorifepaduforabupolewugiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e687d0776d---43547912585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/621bfhpetj9gfjkbtit5joirh0/57008413892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//gokoloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a5f9760949cd80c04a08fa449a2b645/basibezonademepov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b6380f207b---jijoredorekovudipitomeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigsvatcharasith.com/userfiles/file/41783393165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=stereotactic+functional+neurosurgeryPDF 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_off0000e99e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE99E 17188 bytes
SHA-256: bd5caf7e02079e96151c157542bd0247cd2d7c4416521a3232b54e6bf6f3eda3
font_01_sfnt_off00011684.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11684 10800 bytes
SHA-256: a84091121d47aef8fa6f33db2b713e4fa4da74a6cbf5eb4773e1b29b868f6d1b
font_02_sfnt_off00012f8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F8F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1