Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 02a4fc1b345c8990…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 05:51:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 956d46969a07c28da447981b1abcae33 SHA-1: af3b1fc44caa8bb93bb3e0325421d4780a186004 SHA-256: 02a4fc1b345c8990bd72db74dab1705ccd71509fa9506dc8e3f16b4fba26f890
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also hosts numerous links to external PDFs on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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 https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xogimulogop.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d275d51b3d---1566104174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d17d54fb0a9a8f912df12da81650ea24/tatatakinibetasasiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kvarkeno56.ru/userfiles/file/modugidetumefev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rabotatver.ru/userfiles/admin/1348794399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scro.ru/pic/file/nutebatiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22f1cb121805d16865be91447456ffd1/kemelakirabij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliceinformaticasrl.com/user/pages/8402110754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d97b8094f5249131b5ffec2c77cd616/91665696486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skonasystems.com/userfiles/file/27368480926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082310b0c0e0---korugopifatobowexon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfect-gallery.com/userfiles/file/gavutaxuxijilugasaboda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161134ce4dee6e---36633624068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blueyee.com/upload/file/062047577290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paoladebenedetti.eu/userfiles/files/fadak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5c2a7c1d72---puporimazagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cinstech-inspect-survey.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/42610942489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kontiko.com/ktkweb3/images/upload/files/suranudiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congchung7.vn/upload/file/juretogiwiximuwet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schnauzermountainminiatures.com/clients/17729/File/konisuridotosovigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82a1349676a5b3608082dc4452275f9d/labudinulutipagifiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b3a9b64972---fulujowaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirakademi.com/resimler/files/98353602098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb05162dbe0---rojepizasigitaxobikufaroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diphong.com/uploads/sibeguxoxumivibizip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160831641ca395---xezed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nada70.org/userfiles/file/6147307156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=complex+sql+queries+tutorial+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_off0000d268.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD268 17892 bytes
SHA-256: 2554a5696c85115c54c32c220623fb4707b9cebbdc4e7ddfbc788af41ac91a34
font_01_sfnt_off000100c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000118db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118DB 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 4007fa9f04a027c92c23d07b3eab528ce19bff227f800d34efda38fac5a485f0