Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 02c7829970e3eb10…

MALICIOUS

PDF

125.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 21:37:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ba732276587e050aa01350f036be5f01 SHA-1: 131dbc63466423bd17a72eafff7aa1004f8da197 SHA-256: 02c7829970e3eb10585733819fb4367d8f32f2d159c32ec68e176849f3893229
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 8

  • 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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=apa+itu+obb PDF link annotation
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161318cf495a90---73276874141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terlickodds.cz/www/www/fckphotos/file/xodibudefutifitefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wronba.pl/uploads/wysiwyg/file/53311677387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eau-msu.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73891009309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penzion-palice.cz/content/vumuwewifupinivajonevalij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventologia.com/userfiles/files/nupupojasazugujogikubaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detectagsafety.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45107123111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/14916524405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nofatrans-int.com/userfiles/file/xomovofuluwuduzasoxuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tumujerrusa.com/userfiles/gopowovugus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ec59875ff9---zatine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gobelsprofil.com/upload/files/zazuletetedivodusenagobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bolt-go77.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/11143972530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://55pluscommunityspecialist.com/userfiles/files/91479076445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.terresdescaraibes.fr/file/32475935617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakesup.org/userfiles/file/69785399643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--3e0b556bhrbowi6undva.com/ckupload/files/sibukidukomabiriberumod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dom4m.com/userfiles/files/sipor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614350761dcde---56179258360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coiffurenais.com/userfiles/file/tuluzateje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/vebobonibuxifozarowazuxar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/dejuwofidumerateluzulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://islaminkiel.de/webmisr/uploadwebmisr/file/mideparutodexaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltarealestate-eg.com/userfiles/file/49876171823.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_off0001875c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1875C 18476 bytes
SHA-256: 3d0d140a0ba34a0b51290cb0f58f805eff7fc114c073e5e56d21daa6339b2b2d
font_01_sfnt_off0001b8ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B8CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001d0e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D0E4 9916 bytes
SHA-256: acc1a81a82ea4afc192b2d607ea2f7bfa20564c25f02d2038a7abcea1f13dc78