Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e03fb35642ff52e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-07-18 12:12:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 61c4d6e7b5b60ca5117adf37c4a9c985 SHA-1: 5411bd77ea1ff972984990876b744219a22c3cf0 SHA-256: e03fb35642ff52e39189e8262a15cdb3188b89a38ea20ef40b8c007597fbbc8c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to host and distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the heuristic firings point towards a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://clairerolo.com/userfiles/file/55471424437.pdf
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/gorubazuxulelukesuke.pdf
    • https://mmagame.com/userfiles/file/36779747408.pdf
    • https://ehlibeytalimleri.com/resimler/files/peguzisoxuvanerumuvexi.pdf
    • http://dhf-china.com/d/files/pilagozo.pdf
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56373382e5864c4d94f76f006dc3ed7a/59672444711.pdf
    • https://csodamalom.hu/files/files/tizurapametekumudaruzow.pdf
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f468363735---nexok.pdf
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jt2hjphfhjh7dn4b7bimdbcl8k/vifowokuxobovile.pdf
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d2d3d5acdca8e197ffb99ad61d7d9ae/15364049923.pdf
    • http://laptopplus.be/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/wetaretabokoronekidijisex.pdf
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd52cafbb769254aa7099ebfcd0acf4f/vuwigirag.pdf
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/217fb5b35c2f775a4e526dc446d97b8d/19834723220.pdf
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988e2f7fab8---givulotuwiropofigenexolog.pdf
    • http://modero.vn/upload/files/bazodalaguruv.pdf
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9f5e26a37e---5281546716.pdf
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k16ubfk33dbotcg5122k83q5b2/katise.pdf
    • https://mimpishio2.net/contents//files/xaperejubab.pdf
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ab8844644031e585705277f6ee423c0/likeziraluzi.pdf
    • http://cuakeobinhduong.com/upload/files/1910136837.pdf
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c68gfckihsdsek8man9qkpsfb7/87905279367.pdf
    • http://fatamorgana.fr/uploads/assets/file/11963354182.pdf
    • https://asi-filter.pl/files/file/38700845370.pdf
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/mujuxemubunilivebopubemud.pdf
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/52522957387.pdf
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/44128287247.pdf
    • https://monyetjoget.com/contents//files/jojumow.pdf
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/82892319753.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=is+it+safe+to+microwave+melamine
    • 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_off0000f470.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF470 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010c87.bin
dfe94aa2fe9bef2c4ccc470d35c63dfa9237c53cd38843514f266395e0d4fa8e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C87 10600 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000124c9.bin
f88f41f00db8f9f44cd6087a7f117d8b018f04a7434b54a1840f1cc59459f0a9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124C9 17484 bytes