Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 02ca18d953567dea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 03:52:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: af0cdf3c609de7fdd211086518084051 SHA-1: 675a5e497204c95d74f18e86497caf156bd13434 SHA-256: 02ca18d953567dea90669287095fe75b30a9f5ee1d8b08e396a144f5dc15857c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the PDF structure suggest it's likely a lure for further compromise, potentially involving JavaScript execution within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chapman+%26+nakielny%27s+aids+to+radiological+differential+diagnosis
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kes628vtpscbi0n9cj9h84lhh4/29758467824.pdf
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/035decsad5dp6tc4gihe29ddm5/kifenelakipifud.pdf
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/xarixabujime.pdf
    • https://yellowstonewildlife.com/82638101236.pdf
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf2f04f81b0ebd320bc174ba204bf6f7/13283641839.pdf
    • http://timandlor.com/userfiles/file/74908426631.pdf
    • https://indiansabroad.uk/userfiles/file/60063236231.pdf
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161098a4f6445f---kumemutanarok.pdf
    • https://fajndoktor.cz/images/file/files/91798358544.pdf
    • https://bnovum.hu/downloads/86785350856.pdf
    • http://creaorganization.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/vesixepuvugelawovujudadag.pdf
    • http://espicycooking.com/files/file///81794614905.pdf
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cac35a3e1db08567aa80a2998f83fb1/59513743363.pdf
    • https://ozmutludokum.com/userfiles/file/84012063601.pdf
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c52f22dc3ce1b150058881dfe2337e7d/dopusoxarozuzulereru.pdf
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a86eb7c4dd---xofasutowipikomazidaxaz.pdf
    • https://fentesmakina.com/paket/upload/files/ferefepalifo.pdf
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b0c96f828---11334410920.pdf
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c42c15a047f9b1db737b0d895b9f4ed/7836937009.pdf
    • http://xn--80aaae7amexjfdlfdfg.xn--p1ai/files/file/57443305904.pdf
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/21091809832.pdf
    • http://cokhitienvuong.com/uploads/files/34484007599.pdf
    • http://www.fashiongale.ro/userfiles/files/31476475547.pdf
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9fc940ed19---jigudib.pdf
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab69907704cc8d028882384cf4cdb673/zibasi.pdf
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dcfaa97193---vamul.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c002.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC002 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d818.bin
29b9da8ee26f80eb6931550b69727b1b299cfe152589c2e41fb22c7d78acc073
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD818 9784 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed36.bin
a44afaaa2bdd03d63a5bbb9a325ad5146c7397af937a258f1e50e9f22d4a2487
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED36 20352 bytes