Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03f691ed29464162…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:24:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: c5ea63ef2b4c7e7b8346f95b52ac13f1 SHA-1: 686d6f4c37eaa5b72de12f55f8dd77aafc8e0e2c SHA-256: 03f691ed29464162da4e25abdcbb21180d7b37bf6ba3103cffbfe4dae5785cd4
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 upload storage or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to redirect users to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=autonomy+and+trust+in+bioethics+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://kondicionery-domodedovo.ru/upload_picture/file/54440683765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161120e1dc094d---gefedapox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nadrozmerne-sklo.cz/uploads/15035115300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tulsamemorialclass1969.com/clients/8/8b/8b8b36ecbaf17f244e47af75a29dfbe2/File/24646593003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isosklo.cz./uploads/49393578480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://komunalno-vrgorac.hr/files/fisobatisifofope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sporteambiente.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78821828842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bomtvplus.com/data/board/file/20210530132920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097b9d1b0d8b---zikemedovow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d6af8dceae---34462252833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brothers-music.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rexofibija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldapin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/sisadezujugosime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a9e891e0e6---narefagekesirak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vannordenvastgoed.nl/userfiles/file/22615266344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikketiga.com/contents//files/vimisapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alajuusa.ee/media/contents/file/26569638480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/puritikenugimezotarel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euroroma-bg.org/files/file/vixadikudex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starcity-vinhomes.vn/app/webroot/img/files/jasuzuvugilojam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160923179ad79f---faralelinaxokupozufotide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1610733282---97552199171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62f96f722462e1b17e91d5f3f5ef11cf/47399782662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bluewhaleline.com/image/upload/File/98645905397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guclupin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/90962704988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/vevipidiranajidumunubo.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_off0000d698.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD698 11176 bytes
SHA-256: a132d74b78b9cccf28c1fc85cd8bb49d75dd7e4f5b7421867f8444dcc5d546f3
font_01_sfnt_off0000f062.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF062 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010874.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10874 17292 bytes
SHA-256: 7a0c187ba96d5b00c038a068130ee660aff2458a26bef08a750c27860ccf0cf4

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