Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03efbd26fc133cf9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-07-23 11:50:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 9f5a34de02cd78cb9cf5821f51c2b453 SHA-1: bbd906e06f2069146fbc06b3bc490d97886c9d28 SHA-256: 03efbd26fc133cf99ead5179ec0a4ca4833dca072a8c0ff906d6d6dbfb94ce9b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis point to a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af9d78b03c---vojoseturemisurerivi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://imbirimbir.ru/files/47517368054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-15/20210615015458183507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mhud3ci61pdtskude4ea60gci5/89977428725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cef23d3cd70bb0dae8579cb2dc033ab4/judagedidomovoliduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ggnn4k8a13s8m1iu822phmtefp/37807057676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a55e3911527---wumoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albertopizzetti.it/userfiles/files/pinowejeduriweduderunelan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af9888487eb---79726941644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094522625933---puxudowerimixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946cc264d13---mafupobijon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kb94rq6cldb7l8fvqlq55nf3ui/wifidudebudapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f891590c24---fobovelaminaporesagen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2a24eb497f---joturaranorijukurewagoluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc3bc3af6bb---38412052128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glaze-metalart.com/upload/files/votegakowukeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2e6c2595eb---43942827869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c730af6bb2e---jefafimozugajuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gf13qgmbdt0tl6kk5tc6g5pa72/63566324685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccv6rjevoq71j7tbth36nf5bao/mimimelizubimofopume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6418048dba28fb28b0543c6b22beaf8b/kelevip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acecef3a8f72c219090dfe3f6946b5de/2677309692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ee893bdbf628eb0c4d925663095e192/pisexupudiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=a+quiet+girl+in+a+noisy+world+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_off0000e533.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE533 11100 bytes
SHA-256: 616ee238c2d5ada5ddc48b691a8174d1c39c214059ad1806dbc384255054cb18
font_01_sfnt_off0000fec9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEC9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000116db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116DB 18428 bytes
SHA-256: 821b3e905d8e6cac0fd8014fba92259d3bb54fc692c61903634e9c4778c76c5c