Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d003e5dd7509e004…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.2 KB Created: 2021-06-25 23:56:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f5225bab02e16ba0590927402f169bdb SHA-1: 5bf189cbb49c706bab61cf75c83f7c9132c97177 SHA-256: d003e5dd7509e004e50c81a2b8cfb9a01216296f42813ede9360baccc360b462
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content. The presence of these links and the overall structure strongly indicate a phishing or malicious redirection attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dfab5c3598---26927805942.pdf
    • https://fzclicks.com/demo/files/editor/file/80076294656.pdf
    • http://businesslegalgroup.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nobamowep.pdf
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af91cca027c---bozezisijokewapufixe.pdf
    • http://tencanpowder.com/d/files/sosoxofonudof.pdf
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b105678f0fd---78008110801.pdf
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/42414884664.pdf
    • http://thebeautyofdesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zagelelorolero.pdf
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50dbb789a530f7087caff5a55b58ae5c/43359472463.pdf
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca6a9775da.pdf
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/51235856616.pdf
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rqrdag4p7foi0f694bknqrocu7/ridimelesokebed.pdf
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc1aa32b150---27521038521.pdf
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1kci59rbob0kho6fmd9bgt9n8t/pabefewowa.pdf
    • https://gofropack.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fd5d8aeb7858c02780efbe5fa838aff/jeripenidovexelugoteke.pdf
    • https://bcbc3399.com/upload/files/20570079340.pdf
    • http://xn--2-140-swe8h.xn--p1ai/files/pikugazojawul.pdf
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d8be5a0b6ccda68952a5b0fd5ecedc2/26842104731.pdf
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d9dd75f6d5---94837829458.pdf
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a65e92390---97808841149.pdf
    • http://smn68.com/clients/75339/File/tewefu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=limiting+reactant+worksheet+1+answers
    • 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_off00011290.bin
bff83219c88a9a7df019d51b8f365d35b95479dea66d0549565b975d7d42f326
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11290 10820 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012b6f.bin
7676bef14a9b2df5697edec5bc5a052b5795121aa1be4fb0be5f11587cfe881d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B6F 17792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000159ed.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x159ED 16792 bytes