Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc03d8f698b55b99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-08-30 13:13:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c7a9c50b11ff1f4acc377062c2df1573 SHA-1: db8ce109616cc6186712df5df7ac533fcc3ce81b SHA-256: dc03d8f698b55b99640b63b4975a22f4b1c837bc1ffe8f5231361fc59e06bbfb
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate 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 0.9973

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=old+dog+ale+house PDF link annotation
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/987236049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.q-jin.ne.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92688274014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahtiyardishekimi.com/fckfiles/file/65137711769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nesthomes.in/userfiles/file/gezedorosem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a855aa9b66d---89884557888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianspringhomes.net/userfiles/files/fuwenamorizufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/604b50f62b5871db5889eddbe6959159/36358075665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviatechinform.ru/sadm_files/91585568727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/np2k4k65t67vntkc1339no2g0b/legedezavijilekejese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sghscsjamarai.org/guruhargobind/userfiles/file/vabiwafoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/837c0b0fd5e4bafab99cb6d35f92be1f/42097958037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speeddating.lt/speeddating/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10333333281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff52f651b19---35697210769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nabsangram.com/userfiles/file/84829032526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyosungulf.com/uploads/file/surepativuwuxewinudokon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d696fa7128---sazajewapupejidabutimuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpind.pl/userfiles/file/merulabefuvew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb16dc2a7a---71848902703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessservicesuk.com/userfiles/file/wozekegemidusoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098528165820---79065460817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secondhandgraphics.com/usrfiles/file/gutuzomepesav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076aba984244---25113061926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipsyclinic.com/userfiles/file/20210510081240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cccg19mt1a1dahjavr4o7s3o54/70547165022.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_off0000f28c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF28C 18436 bytes
SHA-256: b1d214b1db2d47a8dbb4ac789fc1426fc1a264216c718e45de0192d03a4521ce
font_01_sfnt_off00012203.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12203 10260 bytes
SHA-256: 2b709a00a199e54b75db8c1526487e2c8d5b2e931a2e8e5afdf186da37efa9dc
font_02_sfnt_off00013900.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13900 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1