Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 303de3747c337845…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-08-16 00:37:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 02d5fa5134dce052e60d43311b4a27f8 SHA-1: fe1f6d07e8360e8b19f42ff458442412377a78ea SHA-256: 303de3747c337845d43a3ae1cf56f0bce87a2f4af5973512ddaba56c0394067e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier indicating maliciousness. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of external URIs and a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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=slime+rancher+apk+free+download+android PDF link annotation
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c912e423194---40889075473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yukkumpulgroup2.com/contents//files/dorezatabupisagoropewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdff13138a10c81c331488b5f652d190/27828044383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1424e738af---ketigedelavuxigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namadagaskare.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95234292615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087af781b23f---wawawamised.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c46deedf8---87097591625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160addccf37318---negafenifabewewexuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sskj.pl/userfiles/file/35095587596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609695e4d634a---kiwuwaligivajek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lt2n6lfggqetar7vmu8s2ueola/dalalinobixafibokatujuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45e85f132e79b110a2aa472c2e217e01/buwupegor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seattleteriyaki3.com/uploads/files/kajajeletar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vncdata.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/54987569707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jd5gsk87ll174vcbojrr59vsmj/58385744300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/woleposiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotang.net/userfiles/file/94617479928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076fafd98d4c---55010853734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/zefebasemiwujiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serdceprirody.ru/userfiles/file/dekotolalaketiragalewupam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saipanbooking.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210620_C6AE4ABF214ABDD2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lgihkg7e6aaien7jkmbnbeuctk/gewenexokimidabatejifapob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thinkhigh-tech.com/d/files/xetikad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gymlesgeants.com/upload/editor/file/jadiro.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_off0000e888.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE888 17176 bytes
SHA-256: 0d4ff77c7eff86f3a5f48198f9a7ab2da76215ce8ef8beeb76c0ba51b5590fb8
font_01_sfnt_off00011557.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11557 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 509468f4735783798cc7fe8f09e4430250708851172ba1927b1c2713d57c4b20
font_02_sfnt_off00012e3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E3D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1