Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3a03f03bc7310b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 15:11:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 7aea8d7652f5465669036af8ece663de SHA-1: a92ed739708969cdcd3aff7bea68a1b2d40ce260 SHA-256: e3a03f03bc7310b2036c4e7b865ed162af5f2315f3659987b1a6e194ace4f161
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 CMS uploads 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 0.9917

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://benthanhsgfarm.com/images/uploads/files/40171753301.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c41f0bfab8---rofumikawuwujot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swalaya.in/userfiles/file/17462252250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivatbacchus.hu/files/file/mirukegimafisixusoloduzez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b848db3e3e3---rewenajifekuduja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l2q6mooudfkn4ged1n2866si53/59162581160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtaky.sk/media/file/68106519345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d52057b7037---wedugugakutorewukenajude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8b7556d5b4---12259730113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbagencement.fr/uploads/file/41824336596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d47070d849---58173772407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e06d38c496---tugixesola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaitosushisb.com/uploads/files/15793495302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapmanhighschoolclassof1968.com/clients/c/cb/cb1fed5110c07f199f416a264ee6943c/File/vipizosego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ises.ca/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/23285770264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17aaf52ef08c2021966eaf1200066290/78075089646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a05eb78000---faxawemidupef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://host.keraladreamhomes.com/~viswabrahmathach/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/bevapoxokobukopula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95218836863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210505172613506625940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b6be9c2905---waloxefuguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fikuvadazex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc8043d061---15430656566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-14/20210714050945143997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danieldesignpro.com/userfiles/13207308284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessprecision.com/userfiles/file/76593694593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=research+methods+in+the+social+sciences+7th+edition+pdfPDF 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_off0000dbfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBFB 17616 bytes
SHA-256: 4f4b833cfffe1eb4ceb8cf4a951607936faf1361e697cddedcd8ceebef4195a5
font_01_sfnt_off0001094d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1094D 10980 bytes
SHA-256: 6e0992c1393da98725cbf77af4a853a518e64db755ffe309e08b9a3b71056763
font_02_sfnt_off000122ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1