Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b03b46a05d050290…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-07-09 00:24:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 06ded6d26dfcc27de171b8f892549aab SHA-1: 863a70581a80978dc341a829d05ace97d8413ef2 SHA-256: b03b46a05d050290c65b85bc0f76e4a26c94cdee26860e24c470eea78c7f4904
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a link farm PDF. It contains numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure indicate a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=most+popular+miku+songs PDF link annotation
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83aac69e720c171ded3137d739bfd892/30631132113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tafgambiatours.com/userfiles/file/gadulimole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southport1969.com/clients/861680/File/89713819307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3d6114dedd---zazozatiralufab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waterlootour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210617_D22BEF2251282800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4ae199305---pewoxetebotopejilewedadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081830116153---68600392322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a966a1c637c---29975855288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a044132c6227bff74b8bdb8f148e0807/ribujipujuzomoxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akssert.com/userfiles/files/loxasodopaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099fe5f1daa4---dewiwomavalebunuwawiga.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c309908bb47---31860687529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolfingnaples.com/clients/a/a5/a5422f62036d2d393d866963e902351c/File/tuparoxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9628034e5d5efa3d6952205f6edec134/mamilozitafojimifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716d8965be3---90478423257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79895bcf1e---89585554767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventologia.com/userfiles/files/20843215665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiendurancecoaching.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jupuxivizazudonufizituv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d738c06d777b89d7956dbe6707da48b/jexumovunosunelajuxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rumusjitu.com/contents//files/36996182370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d664d752fb281bf8e664651d59a64498/84791885607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d321649e6f---53439853841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.net/images/uploads/files/lodugarinaxarafasuzupuvop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160931e17c105c---fufubilufirinibizewusuj.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_off0000fae9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAE9 16596 bytes
SHA-256: f7afb3fdf6c4d52c2597bcc186213ebaf32ded5b04d6150fd984b346df70e9b2
font_01_sfnt_off0001262b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1262B 10648 bytes
SHA-256: e0e37b2cdab5822f96a5f755d9d4855c324873adc28a4872f5be7a596745cdbb
font_02_sfnt_off00013e91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1