Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03e1528755beb228…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-11 11:50:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f2574312745ed61437cc5df32f0c361e SHA-1: d3b7a123930366c3d28956d2dff7d8ad94314fcb SHA-256: 03e1528755beb2284e434a577dd6e0da396961e20eabb31a9d733dfa4f866417
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection to these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=i+forgot+my+unlock+pattern PDF link annotation
    • https://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/84035237873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135aee97d7d6---tododevifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usefchina.com/uploadfile/file///2021090823185871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613146ecee163---dikiron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koppeika.ru/userfiles/file/45845332560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljjxmining.com/uploadfile/file///2021091106484827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oomedia.com.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/detere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barefoothoa.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63235354148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2291faa007ebc6906a0bf65257ce5555/powaroduselugifasasanema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://somkuthyoptika.hu/editor_up/83473559087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131d2eb651c9---76459881531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oprandi.it/userfiles/files/niwewawiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preiss.at/upload_files/files/41127049918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://v-rshine.com/upload/images/files/sosuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pxmonastery.org/CKEdit/upload/files/kaxojizobaxinilixogogexog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uzunlarpeynir.com/dursun/upload/files/zatajidekosaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sz-nuoyi.com/Upload/file/2021090820205411822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nceed.kr/pds/userfiles/files/45161477131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ff88ca1d03---37845474748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dreamwith.gni.kr/ckupload/files/87290289885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipea.kr/userData/board/file/9797274280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinazzjx.com/d/files/25368151935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nayyaralidada.net/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17236999989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.physedu.in/newsite/userfiles/files/dagazikukelozopuluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floramarble.com/uploads/fajarakurukobaxewanika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsde.com/uploads/files/ronotafuwijapobigitunu.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_off0000df3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF3D 16404 bytes
SHA-256: 5e2c1af804a82271832ad6aded55ca7bf9be1db9bb2bf2fe7a324d7d86138a81
font_01_sfnt_off000109b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109B8 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 4d3bffc9cc4450b4846f1f6e46e635ee6788f5bd0143e519f5b8db7b0da5f338
font_02_sfnt_off000122cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1