Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 02b5433f6ffbcaad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 16:45:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 2f87dbe5c76ddb4801efa0c207237709 SHA-1: bf45360f432225856d320cea72464bcb6c9e0111 SHA-256: 02b5433f6ffbcaadab94955121b6857581f8a922e6cb7811778f4a7c94d714bc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV, indicating malicious intent. It contains a large number of embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The primary attack pattern observed is the use of these embedded links to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+one+impact+of+gyres+on+coastal+climates PDF link annotation
    • http://gd-weimi.com/upfolder/e/files/20210603152147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98d3c19ea54976607f71facd06d59ac8/50558481550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3c518a7e9cf5f57ae6e76e913109d26/74107869078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/015576fc7340a76531e8b6582149f7c7/dokokibuwizatepawufitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpeterscbs.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15108067257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a17b35d564---kubexelupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/fipupub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/900a9270266feca4bc78c1e860201495/lifuwamuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebeaute.fr/userfiles/file/99080379491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/368b3683518a9b7fe9df5737bf904b41/5666339358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf292cd6a9c---rivajazotuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfff7ca04b47e6f1b6073a1e158a05ed/pubanibulonikafedazol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6500a804b3---30902155407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bcbc3399.com/upload/files/nenotutewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e338d74f9---79717641228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a83fd415e3f---fovukaluvojimuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a22b298a3---tifikabupodev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hutbephottaihaiphong24h.com/upload/files/pewiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084bcfdcead6---bovoleva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a4ada9b13---siwomularikadewamimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba304258714f4f3a1ac29d97c948af18/67900397167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://papiratisk.cz/soubory/94574405071.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_off0000e751.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE751 17340 bytes
SHA-256: c26b61d12b92a3c4de941615fdd7462470345ec8d7b566fba43f6b3ac401ba92
font_01_sfnt_off000114bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114BD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012cd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CD4 11032 bytes
SHA-256: d78ba1546b096294239d1e1e2fe9c7536d82ffd9aeb6b2f52c5525d24750a4a5

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