Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 002ae5bf99324367…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 01:57:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-03
MD5: 8e9bdf01a63cbf3cf2218efb33fecd2d SHA-1: 22a9ed8cff4d466518e52617ac110bbfab613daf SHA-256: 002ae5bf99324367b15d6653cb3990e72dcd8dba8e3e248fdb736e4a3237e379
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are consistent with techniques used to host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+transfer+my+pictures+from+android+to+iphone PDF link annotation
    • http://cherryontop.pl/upload/fotki/file/nunarabomimaxewebotofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gvs-russia.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bojeboramuzikukufunikovim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fernandopelosini.it/userfiles/files/lanunuwilalibalisor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etre-cheval.fr/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/etre%20cheval/news_pix/file/78406667207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coopinproject.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81010923811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://299-45.com/CKEdit/upload/files/lopawezurokumizajoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dpsnowodworze.pl/userfiles/file/3517992291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72134783513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imapbook.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/woririfijigimipulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eugensa.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/35622365355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pavimentosyreformasferlu.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wodesutopurapivaxawifapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindeeyudee.com/ck_files/files/dimipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwbaltimore.com/uploads/files/35524921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klusjesindex.nl/images/uploads/vevunomojes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taispacedesign.com/upload/files/13604717384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdblue.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97330398054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colegiosantarosa.com/uploads/imagem/file/rexuzimaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pracowniatechart.pl/fckpliki/file/fefogukuvoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161419b2107b2b---6462586362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6a2f632265c256ec00061bb0afa9907/vujakorajewopuzivijeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/kezajifif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avesta-hmora.boj.se/uploads/userfiles/files/duwowiladis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i90avdue27cslitd9u9rlju9v3/musimisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciarajewellery.com/editor_upload/file/16544392056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecodiagnost.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tokene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handsonmontessoripk.com/userfiles/files/80850246199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sjamsul-hidajat.id/ck_uploads/uploads/files/sekarofamusilagavogik.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_off0000e602.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE602 19396 bytes
SHA-256: ef2e4484ede0b04ea8fac9443ecdb028ddda9e3689a99226d36d0b3650649262
font_01_sfnt_off0001187b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1187B 11132 bytes
SHA-256: 5c53b6f8c50a664b6c5dd437624711d0846f4153f8cd83f69f2782043b3489b2
font_02_sfnt_off0001324f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1324F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1