Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a03470f4296304c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-06-25 19:44:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1582eba051640e231639aa03a9381d17 SHA-1: 6cb978ea77b3cdfaca432eebf3359c206665c672 SHA-256: a03470f4296304c3d978403ec0ea7ab8ee06cf6b9d18323e5b98d7f67eb30673
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF sample was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to other PDFs hosted on compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting. These linked PDFs likely serve as lures for phishing or further malware delivery, aligning with a spearphishing attachment attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://auapp.ch/userfiles/files/fegubonepevovabojupagina.pdf
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5aibe4ffnr9laporrqd0drrd0b/jedogabikexozumexa.pdf
    • https://planet-pvc.com/upload/files/fogekeneninezemoweguzeko.pdf
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04c2d8bac0bee9e2865fc5ef61c06c53/fajodizeto.pdf
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0l3mqtr4sqfvevb4um7d14lfg0/77605129794.pdf
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bad9f102f50---zixefiz.pdf
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b984f4ac15d---xutejolapugozoturo.pdf
    • http://soldearenales.com/galeria/files/25993951894.pdf
    • https://mrmobilewebsite.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9dac9095cefe1ff214fe1d0efc31767/15817227397.pdf
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cfbe42b6c9---84470905809.pdf
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/se9bcpk42nfs6roo385phm18gp/34134908974.pdf
    • http://bradhelferlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vovotowivusegip.pdf
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a92fcae52---wolujekirovemu.pdf
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4f303705c9223665e00823fb928fbb9/rokudenumusenafibiwasizi.pdf
    • http://bacsiha.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fojufimezafa.pdf
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a014576d2d61f4d58fbae25972783b4a/tagogezosolubopebokovuwuj.pdf
    • http://talleresjpg.es/img/file/5562361766.pdf
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ffe4a5b32---98796314256.pdf
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfeaaadb682---tuvubirikukibetebizufut.pdf
    • http://dakmet.pl/upload/3933565108.pdf
    • http://travisreunion.com/clients/1/1d/1d9c560ef9ee6310b862f4c9d288d7bd/File/7363086237.pdf
    • http://www.siscbolivia.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/18133928190.pdf
    • https://hijaulumut.com/contents//files/wixifixiburisawobazitig.pdf
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a1f8b3bdc14---wusanefiteza.pdf
    • http://rainbowcaterers.in/userfiles/file/likezimun.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=justice+league+streaming+hbo
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f5ec.bin
7023fb076f060251866613db6a65ee668311c44a5f7d2589642a5f816adf0dd3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5EC 10908 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010f02.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F02 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012714.bin
105c3b168c431cd76513e296c69366b467ca58b4fa5e4c285ead47075f0131ca
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12714 18188 bytes