Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 02166783ef3a3a49…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 10:57:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9f147ceb1469e50eb907881bf5201323 SHA-1: fc2dd61345ea24efe5d9f312fc4a205f5622d0c8 SHA-256: 02166783ef3a3a49b15771115f9ecea1698e95d6b517b64fac6afb745364097a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are part of a link farm, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of urgency language further supports a phishing or scamming intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://ferramentabelleggia.it/public/file/69235505839.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hasicimosnov.cz/foto/Image/file/kiselotinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amerismithenterprises.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/242774b2bb8f8aaecd8d002f888fae3b/vavebidokewuvagake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af38ff5a7ce---rexawefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatnguyen.vn/media/ftp/file/demosaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a30b09e165b---degemitonemiguruvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/290631e1cd7b4e34f2b7527060b901f8/74636802310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vita24h.com/uploads/userfiles/file/sosubevokodofin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/32346121756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aplus.to/userfiles/file/94619944506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kco.su/userfiles/file/83847689176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obrienbuilders.com/userfiles/file/tokawifubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/gesasivalilaxibufupaxodit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0349fb97fd---182513790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d85d0653b85f6e718fbde0eea4a5fd9c/tokepamapovusoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k55i9cfdev8nlecql9u7gqidt8/zatiwusirumorunopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4a3f657ea1969728ed5cdb258fd2ded/90720487649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perchegouet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sowasaleziwinagufoxamowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suativisamsungtaihanoi.net/upload/files/43325441333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/280754012185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/753598e80e550debf0f4563458555c7c/1494555014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611aff072d702---92882315861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhs-class1957.com/clients/35434/File/35230550375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=short+answer+study+guide+questions+1984PDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5e384198711166ffd2cb280f411e574/70218966589.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_off0000ebb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBB2 11508 bytes
SHA-256: 5b25e273a73acbe22dfe662ae9ca108459c824f8b0b3114f5b8036642080df76
font_01_sfnt_off0001068b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1068B 18416 bytes
SHA-256: beefd5be9bc80341146c78cf0f95a07efafc9028c0017ef9fb0308c39500c4f0
font_02_sfnt_off00013620.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13620 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1