Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03e4c23fb92f550c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 16:32:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: fe8e095cf0c61001ead43f7c90e8c3bc SHA-1: 172b3d52533204de502d4f407efce290560e66d0 SHA-256: 03e4c23fb92f550c6fdf6b3ed1a6d8ecf55ddde2c84f052da05b95873e4466af
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43868710920.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://shipsupply.ru/userfiles/files/72332025689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.net/images/uploads/files/51099605442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belv.ru/userfiles/file/gupufamuvaxuxazumupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firstpages.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/49841288082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v183njqre6spkpg3ekq1kv3vh2/xifenerujelepefotadofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce310c8b0b11e0cb6581bfd0efb4e624/kudalazoginaxazekipit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orem.mn/uploads/files/rudifafubibosilupewuzomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brod-plovdiv.com/images/supoxobutamevoxovorepuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gps-tw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/55253575064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.teeintact.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/img/file/mifoloxafopujikigani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadcasthub.com/ci/userfiles/files/pijura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regimhotelierbucuresti.com/images/userfiles/puxarovuxote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0eb9dd4fc6b31efd70bff8a0e736c972/munotin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bienchidan.org/uploads/files/27022522558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.perfumista.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88f9d1d9f9ced94048d21a6efeb81c7a/93490172761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art-gallery.mn/uploads/files/10141280658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fca6285e580---nokosededaputoketewile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/vafumijogosabotixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/68546643653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e2f6abd7da---nuzad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fedoro.ru/upload/file/54464794177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f39fc59fac146fe45a7832c2f9d42b6a/tipoxekedojilubabibod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakhoanhanai.com/images/files/84318359910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=skrining+fitokimia+glikosida+pdfPDF 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_off0000c146.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC146 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 3cd0b4d30f9e77625e64c8dca5f4187fe9da199aa9f9f8fedc3dcccf2c3c642c
font_01_sfnt_off0000da25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA25 16536 bytes
SHA-256: eb128600e491c0cb066e7e9407872a9c22bfc901459f9ef2cadc374ce0db4344
font_02_sfnt_off000104ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1