Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a03d4dcd7f586fe1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-11 10:09:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 1b807218fa1a88ec57cbdffcf99638d6 SHA-1: 8018816ccdf578da9ea470f7b398edae9e3072eb SHA-256: a03d4dcd7f586fe1f4b1eb538282c746f7994d81e1f9fa8304fe7fb49b42f304
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://clic-essc.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98952596085.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f4d7d5cf1e44299eb4e09202352f168/73583435043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuepancong.com/contents/files/88542173534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinatech.com/userfiles/file/tejujinemuxavevudop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-pisanie-prac.pl/famprojekt_z_serwera/images/file/pinamukenojizokopiwev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio70.eu/userfiles/files/30188772918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artistaone.co/userfiles/files/dupatiruporubitivupopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anglometais.com.br/adm/Editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7060885141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avvocatogiuliani.it/userfiles/files/58026488628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbc.ua/design/pic/file/pifopozolilipen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a899.net/userfiles/file/suzuvaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/21313432757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/zerafikamasevuwivaruzil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613456e68c0c9---vowutuwejumipenisib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novosib-sport.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66892898493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tasteadmin.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/custom/wysi_uploads/files/2746065483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motoquadro.de/userfiles/file/47540873604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edu-mate.kr/_UploadFile/Images/file/tonadomerof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena-reutlingen.de/eros/userfiles/file/79627169264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.albriug.com/static/editor/ckeditor/ckfinder/upfile/files/xuxirapilavomorepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139cd56d7a29---43989555202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613067f7266b7---54033980076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb2cdjcejm6endmkosb7ulu0v1/somuwufinapokegudogidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hidropro.hu/upload/fokonabezifogekarofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henca.com/files/details/file/6009156798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenvisioninternational.gm/userfiles/file/76900193794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centroolosprato.it/userfiles/files/2009420510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=yes+boss+filmPDF 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_off0000dd63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD63 18580 bytes
SHA-256: 4ebf79bd255c7f11aaeaafcdb75ae007ff4cf3d760f09eb9cc4693e88411a31b
font_01_sfnt_off00010dc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DC7 10032 bytes
SHA-256: ae936edfbe95a5e5fc40d385a0cd7fb3575b739ca99cb0b43ab46f8607ceffb0
font_02_sfnt_off00012413.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12413 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1