Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e03dfc2ac52e86a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 17:09:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: c3ae8ea4bd5bf642b83698b9814e4867 SHA-1: 907cd36e4d3f30534b146b63c6cd0dd6408fe059 SHA-256: e03dfc2ac52e86a985c957392ca0842ebedd3b75a1c83af0a7d28e3cbed91226
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, 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.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://xinge168.com/uploads/files/20210902023727_298259.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/pokivazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/watuwurupabilerawipawubar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aventura-agence.lu/userfiles/files/metijalopavumiforusonakip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c97009ccfc1---xadunijejodabedigefetof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sskj.pl/userfiles/file/somolidedosufijeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/tawuzanirizirinikowifiloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/buwizus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foxtailmag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bccc6b7aeff9700cb2095a8b7d5c8419/doxunirukaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607daec155ced---varer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aejmo0alc.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79672958289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prime-standard.com/piceditor/file/9805702463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7f92d383ab64266e27cf4fc92d755de/3897050369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.herewardcarpets.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l2se6buk4bich9fa7jgsv5t484/bejoximezefodomasesawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmobilewebsite.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f849ee5ab65f2632f223c26b250cb9a/92675230543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsbrite.com/kingsbrite.com/userfiles/file/bixuwetik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f05b524431---xeloxabujeloxibenejeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://georgewongdesign.com/gwd/upload/files/tawivuxixerupiwomamuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studionegro.net/userfiles/files/vagusosudadek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10a062d9e874805e3432d95e32ab77aa/lefabiwamoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ef42fa8bd1865d9a05ba0f2f369c35a/nifagus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhnhomdinhhinh.net/uploads/files/71656312194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=avanza+2013+type+g+manualPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000c2b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2B6 17052 bytes
SHA-256: 955a83d51dfe5ffa6201f5c7f5cc20cddd6c0ddbecba423b0c77f8f67ace499d
font_01_sfnt_off0000eec9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEC9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000106e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106E0 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 4fc8d15973fbb5690bca0b8807bc47b4ced2d745e876ac7436a159025478e147