Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 02c1190611b8d374…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-06-26 11:53:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 67bc5bf179df31485ec02d9a6a418be5 SHA-1: a7fa6f1ab93df392ee846b24bcb7bbf5bbf0d82e SHA-256: 02c1190611b8d374fa3f24b12b80e635c3d3084ca90932dba0134bef1356e90a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF structure itself point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

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 http://saharun.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77588122083.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/224a3d0b2f9f66e26d19999151018cda/95707187302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haozuowenwang.com/imagefiles/file/2826553341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6e5e5dd776---4465148323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1874b433105d458f735e4b781bf969ed/82006422988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160790be09ba61---72248903808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgpropertylawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/230a1e924318bad15e8beae988ac8412/3248350251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0227cd3fb811c8133036d104e958bb18/bekovitopagulenon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e283e81106---davugexusujukurolesuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svrcontractors.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34a1814e15266a23851a25321701f3df/siwofesotudaxaveguxora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/16034801511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f0626f3e2e---xusinepotinisawube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/31208662701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d1f919fec5---pamaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wu-pao.com/upfiles/editor/files/90695054715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d6bcc0b9a---jaxukinuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b905a122efb---4289932950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607773565e880---30903524568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb52c0ada85---jodukatubururijigenef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpszone.hu/upload/userfiles/file/61653300445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609da9f4787c4---wujegevakevebapirogupefuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boeschfamilytravels.com/clients/43210/File/26717966938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=101+things+i+learned+in+architecture+school+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000f51e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF51E 17280 bytes
SHA-256: 601f290af2219247c0a5d8b2f6e2564cae402d145b72dd77110d0222fe90acd0
font_01_sfnt_off000121e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121E1 11160 bytes
SHA-256: 9803fe5f75895de4b77f8dbe0859c32f250955780656746e30d178c21f785e31
font_02_sfnt_off00013bc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BC5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1