Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 02aea227135fb14c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-08-02 19:58:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 601abcc2a90066bf28c4af964e0d9674 SHA-1: 8784f5b5c0b5f243e578edcf6ff3e88faf736c22 SHA-256: 02aea227135fb14c607cc375d61d4c42c45deb5c071aa91e7d41b20409ac0ef1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a second-stage payload. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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.
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lean+on+download+mp3+song PDF link annotation
    • http://www.ecostroyservis.ru/File/44590943257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozari-ua.com/files/file/9627036524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/59599581385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/waruvifulexal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velocimapper.com//webfiles/file/rexelamawov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiehuist.com/userfiles/files/90330537624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aamdqpfpr.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/99305155328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detectiveoffice.net/userfiles/file/dijoforuwonupadew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/gepebag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021051401474773499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://issaproject.com/app/views/panel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92737287981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac9e842e4e5---14618075548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0mk01op5h8l6ko9h1nh27il898/39552347691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7416fbdfb28e97e871f36beccce03223/74216099609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073937ac1c98---48944269610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spheresignal.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/69155820726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kclandscapes.com/ckfinder/triplebuserfiles/file/5026747724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhshf.de/File/xujigamasasiruwonigivus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p6bpngd2k1hvbkmmmugdotvio2/resaboxu.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_off0000f0d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0D3 17096 bytes
SHA-256: 16defe116230d4b320283d0349af67e3e9d8041303b45c50d0d74fd777c18074
font_01_sfnt_off00011da8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DA8 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 3b7782b3a40bb55a38f1a1bcc5f9ea7d256140ad13f5a43b659d56bcb9e26397
font_02_sfnt_off000135e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1