Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 02887a2c72a6c574…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-07-30 04:01:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 3d3f948d8fb0ade2a4f455a70446dc07 SHA-1: 0e977c837c8e1ecb741a344794c83ed3c2dfdb20 SHA-256: 02887a2c72a6c574c4b1cf0fa591405fbd3043060f0bbb480790dd3885209bcd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious URLs, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack. The numerous external links, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggest an attempt to distribute or host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c470979e215---41114299728.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ed7132444c---biretebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://box8websites.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29239379134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1kct566esne1en8d20iagi0013/jeferug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloemenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/90637898494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab983bbe8d4---49482764000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/013cd88f797d34df7464c357e15b2685/fasajodafijul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hncastlecable.com/d/files/90921229509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90d292f10d98de89d8279e6fe14c4b79/69386113680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acutecardio.ru/sadm_files/xopigis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9ba1cc2f3e---tafuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.cn/files/puliguxosasibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc3d093607bac69bfa79b6ea04cf8c86/banafefer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/62981865120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariacomportamentale.it/userfiles/files/kigafaropogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/13622575811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reckdance.pl/userfiles/file/kezogot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cainghienbinhduong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/82183290287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/pawitasesarivesedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6ca6960566---bixoloxifinaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729cb340a08---pazemokipuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vet-arrighicolangelicristilli.eu/userfiles/files/giviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b23284d2e0a---47120749907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/titinosefotoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ec699e6708---79784246957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=pelicula+pide+al+tiempo+que+vuelva+gratisPDF 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_off0000c909.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC909 17464 bytes
SHA-256: 9e85fb7e92ae5d13f232233b30d4f0b79359292e98161196090336ad3de15a32
font_01_sfnt_off0000f509.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF509 11064 bytes
SHA-256: f1eb08ef2a4bbc5afa6896f4a72600a192cbf45284004d5ce5480aead1e38afd
font_02_sfnt_off00010e5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E5E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1