Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 002fa75dc8a707f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-09-15 21:00:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 44ad934170a90e73038c3368ba727f4a SHA-1: 224105048bd759bc2a4107962c47acaa6f641de2 SHA-256: 002fa75dc8a707f6f0a45858e62cd11fe0571ccdecd4a5b1bc8f1a80a4a860fa
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to 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 URLs and the heuristic firings point towards a malicious document, potentially delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+latest+edition+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • http://xn--2e0b30g3uq7pay7m.com/upload/fckeditor/file/tegezenividoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613af8f9c2206---53240483319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helloshoppingnepal.com/userfiles/file/kowexugawabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzyixiangchem.com/upload/files/44031112903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d43f8e5b3a7b6ad31158aa38a012f43/6034416737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylpqzl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47524294730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosconi.net/userfiles/file/womipoludodevozamijitowom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130afde87fb6---zejuvonami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f8c922eda0---zufagisaxeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rc-modeller.se/images/file///20478469737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stnicholasway.com/userfiles/file/larakedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/dixuliravujafer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lazdynumokykla.lt/userfiles/file/29435305916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eg-connect.com/php_codes/Scott/VieauAssociates/code/userfiles/file/kabaliwiruxibetidese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countryclaim.cz/userfiles/file/63161013075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobisteelegypt.net/userfiles/file/foxasuxomumadegosejej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd0081fa27de43e3e6cb57479a67d631/76898478335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoneofitou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tobamikibojozomaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actsonics.com/uploads/files/202109110930153169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agronlogistics.com/userfiles/files/navew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiszaikaland.hu/upload/file/83365266502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rq0c1k0qf6m3rv4ttrv86e6nci/tazupurejuvuvitaleleluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prctech-th.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mamovutaz.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_off0000c2e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2E3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dafa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAFA 10784 bytes
SHA-256: e02730c331b9f7a65870ebada6fdcc00e815622d2f3eb2dad547b09896e6e20b
font_02_sfnt_off0000f401.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF401 16612 bytes
SHA-256: 56f2c2b63ccfefd01971651dfd25bcd3259527a0097895e639b500d84364cfca

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