Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03ff6b6b5f460ae7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-07-04 23:46:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f7f3ddaeb3639c9da1017ffd13f5d0cc SHA-1: dcde6c519f9281217bf02ef27632104e01891024 SHA-256: 03ff6b6b5f460ae7a1068763e03a9dd36c42c0f095d7c472be2e8649e7ed317d
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 WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious URLs, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=preeclampsia+and+shortness+of+breath PDF link annotation
    • http://iccj.jp/images/uploads/fckeditor/file/55314247005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa8600d826e---nojemakomuwokajagepovapam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dea7ba63781327f68b2981f2553a37aa/87794721623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.basur-tedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b99b95968---46368225112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/61570726255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a83307ccd23---faweto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ca1c671ca2e23c39f788bd1e409dfdc/padimozogusoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westernmaki.com/uploads/files/dutuwusudekemitubidis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/punososesufikupigafuxeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3f5d560d2a---78125843673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compufoxmail.com/userfiles/file/38332183995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kag.fr/userfiles/file/vaderirufulomuvudobegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725623c08ba---kazusutamij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad2ff47f99---53821956554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almuhja.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vemadopujul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloit1962.com/clients/8/83/8368a4f838dea3176655029ae9e337da/File/fotovewutegitogipusamoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c3a1259371---61075024517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/52268735526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46bedce446631ddd1bb67ec9506475d4/51390870032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c400e219357f56810ad908aaefc6b02/refogasuwali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turnyras.lt/Files/file/pojovilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lmpebqajq9ugjh5kaiqmrj9h84/50151776997.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_off0000f31e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF31E 17300 bytes
SHA-256: 3e8586aec01d87f9cc8db02d35eb086e204ed263ffb6507931145281c452bd0c
font_01_sfnt_off00012050.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12050 11024 bytes
SHA-256: f62eed171535b0a13160240ea9e4b1aa6b73ce52d77f888147c6ee9a98200da9
font_02_sfnt_off0001397e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1397E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1