Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b03063b128ef7277…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 05:14:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: dbe1eda508c0dead7cf33e88e2867f32 SHA-1: eb5b32079be053ab24bf434a69cc4d485d60c3c8 SHA-256: b03063b128ef7277ad01a70152a4423f0ddbc6dc0017cf40b2b4fe0e39ed4482
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The presence of 'urgency' language, though low-signal on its own, supports the phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+block+spam+calls+in+android PDF link annotation
    • http://eastindiaspray.com/suvra/eastindia_spray/files/masokubevoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puzynowska-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/nedeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opuspointpartners.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51244100339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diegogenna.it/userfiles/files/34086176541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heichapuzi.com/uploadfile/file/giwujus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodymart.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86064551598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agilesolutions.in/uploads/taxela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alusol-kw.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/balazamukezurolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgtofubbq.com/uploads/files/todozudepekokugoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16e239c27c6754beb0a98f9a1dad9a37/xoganati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesmashclub.com/imgUpload/files/texosoxujilepamurofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skoleniridicu-online.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44968967222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161380d520b992---pipefudulesewosexafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f09dba6ca0---mipaxebogekoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.indee-r.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98b1c362ceea4de83b982fb8377b2d9d/bakebifere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccarrentals.com/files/file/30723941602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://redac.ch/upload/mupulagosujen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sirinthepgroup.com/userfiles/file/12096739777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf1024b33be5c979f15b7a31fdbe1189/13361708747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139d5b7da822---zezajiralakuwulisekadij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kujabevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiron-ventures.com/chiron/home/img/upload/files/210916125935018793z4ziu.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_off0000deab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEAB 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 9ce2b52449bbfeaf79d601a208b6237e37d0308bba307a43616910f0f56e29cd
font_01_sfnt_off0000f77c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF77C 18704 bytes
SHA-256: 53d70eb22fd0fd4b7504bf6a2680f19d09f684a68936125c6f8f525efe996c31
font_02_sfnt_off00012808.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12808 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1