Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f03de92dbfbba41f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 05:31:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 4355e2f91a5b350282c9620146577865 SHA-1: c79e9218ce25940eeed54ae26f7be6af184b712e SHA-256: f03de92dbfbba41fb88515721ac2a379630f1e94a7851101c7ccaae91bba14fd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, but the presence of numerous external links points to an attack pattern involving redirection to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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 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://efnnma.org/files/file/rujojevejubadudugenuvoxis.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/prbfamtr3gt6k6begeqg89skdp/96004716081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chipublichouse.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81891200128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e111ccd6a4---milirazapeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fiiqr84m3ehbf6taoomcf0554/pifexezavulotebigopugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://observatoire-omic.org/documents/file/47372079335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fdf395d168---vadazowudewit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puppiesjust4u.com/clients/c/c8/c8a8d0e690f73854b1e7a5fbb9521f82/File/gitofek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scpt.it/userfiles/files/25938129895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://at1-turbo-j3t.com/contents/files/91536354248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engroupe.ca/aym_image/files/34082883915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bffa143b4a9---41295668842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/xenifokavufutem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5d594e8b4ca236625f3dc434c4503e6/13968105304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kildevangen.dk/files/11687232756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19c1511394e9887ce9f4243d2bac6802/77344865208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fioredda.com/userfiles/files/vibijokonapukigejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071cdf1cb263---paretipavilemedufoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://breakevenpoint.pl/uploads/editor/file/xugemilamaxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a3b6191f84---xuzatoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremyco.com/app/webroot/docs/file/fupunebusow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patanamachine.com/imgUpload/files/19599209125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmbb.at/userfiles/file/48800411321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k4us1v0no4s3nud53aamhhuc70/tuvoboriwefotubigar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c58d3ca07a2---12283132121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=bo+staff+fighting+techniques+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_off00010709.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10709 11052 bytes
SHA-256: c959b30bdaf02512786a1ca49dd54b4f4c00a86bdff6733a8b0ff2ec8832a0d2
font_01_sfnt_off0001203b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1203B 19844 bytes
SHA-256: a0dd9384b241602fc3f13ba2442cf54bbaa9102cf6609384916bedb6d143fc23
font_02_sfnt_off00015381.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15381 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1