Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 02afc8aa6a4e4d9d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

148.8 KB Created: 2021-07-05 21:43:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 7549691696177bc87c91e216c568c399 SHA-1: dab62b065a29f88408e3a0aff5eb6d48f7bf8015 SHA-256: 02afc8aa6a4e4d9dcd733b3b0ab040ff5a58c8ac6bc01e0a32cba2a433b106f7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9756

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d012f415fa2129173330fb2bbaee799d/65633178750.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://neavocats.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17ab9aec6d881723f22cfd29350f45a8/fubikerizupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8769dc0896---64024690605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c47bd096412---derilopafulirovokexog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damsindia.org/admin/uploads/file/mibidoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jkgnf97qop89l7k8818o9nlrg2/mexezaliket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evohome.pl/userfiles/file/zozuseginir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shahnawazonline.com/uploads/files/93391814651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schroniskoorzechowce.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kukebipamilezivote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c54a39745d8---17538705384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa76b12108c---35768826526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokorny-podlahy.cz/UserFiles/File/lajemudabaxovimorudakagak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majesticcaliberenglishlabradors.com/clients/a/a7/a77fae3751d16767b5fd1969bdae34dd/File/96800995492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simkoongschool.com/uploads/editer/files/29256090504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rbmshuhe07apmmcm5tbe5qh940/47818442526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gozdemsigorta.com/hulya/upload/files/94358763973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982ac5a7938---43511678251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/16243643657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfh-filter.hu/_user/file/97495823296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f2ef4787c---9492752187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e4fa411e1---dinejojutezalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/kexikifulujuvisuwuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f117909b0f82f8598a01e8d37ffe36a1/76462363252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pristineleather.com/userfiles/file/42111655959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=you+know+i+love+you+to+the+moon+upside+downPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001cdf9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CDF9 10836 bytes
SHA-256: a049235e7e98ac1301b80b49498050713fbfc60d1956af8a146802bd49e8a70e
font_01_sfnt_off0001e6d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E6D0 3356 bytes
SHA-256: 450cf7fcd638e9f2ab9e925b507d09eea9dab3238814c0d384a717d7aaf13e38
font_02_sfnt_off0001f447.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F447 23904 bytes
SHA-256: 9df244f74efaa251c5e3e04a525fe83ed2e85b3930ed5b6ebfd1a880c1ebe3a1
font_03_sfnt_off00022cb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22CB2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1