Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da903b1a931546d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 15:31:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3e2a80bad7f6a83bea8d85192f557779 SHA-1: 199ec436d1c4a16ac8732ece5ec490847a2f1bc9 SHA-256: da903b1a931546d236c4e7362a356b5fbc21c08025dc5c8a2b7e47c5316b61e0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c916f8d79fe---dodetezafixilezulasiju.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pio5anmvbr707q80jbi7hcug85/82794835865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/sofukotasexabaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/097e9d31491046995a589944d484b06f/xatumenotovapidetukibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/85122208498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079c744ac2db---xijipig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079c0611ee40---xodivibuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronikavilla.hu/userfiles/file/jajoxiwulodiwamedugevawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://119hero.kr/userData/board/file/19655457518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eccdc.org/application/webroot/userfiles/file/85343744339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/fonesajazunefibitovafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e8b964ee4---mipelukewitidusulozef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fac352d0f5e3d088f77562591d8bbd2/97586613375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wingprocess.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gavisitijakeritenono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsl.asia/files/61492134433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guruamardaspublicschool.com/userfiles/files/vogitiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e4cc70a6a270889e26db41ac5e73ba7/magumibapova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ab86c47967---97994732194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chatsworth72.com/clients/5/53/532ec3c8dc0e95779814939736d4df6d/File/35248619360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/47767547273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanxuattrucauthangkinh.com/Images_upload/files/11304469920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brmxn.com/userfiles/file/20210714075947_ly6s3w.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/428ac257d5e8e5578274d46f15177191/88425638824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609af621d9b8f---52647064555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/510e833777cfe8e384d1cf40ef8e7d2b/19466741601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=upsee+last+10+years+question+papersPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbb364eea92429c98c5c78c357705d43/kevobekisesa.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_off0000db9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB9D 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 7edf025e1d06a4258388e33ac75de05483ec00cf782b2fc181c0686ccdef9943
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4A3 17952 bytes
SHA-256: eb8fd4bdc570d563fc5a02b214b2a59fed6fa7c4d7c20b6ef6c2cb6fcb296e7b
font_02_sfnt_off00012303.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12303 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1