Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 02d4b4dfcbfc6f32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 08:53:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 7df7ff54592d3957b03020aba2d8d0fc SHA-1: 2949bb3f1673787e3e07ae7d60aa66f62224358e SHA-256: 02d4b4dfcbfc6f32c24322beba8ef6cdae89572129d8975505de1d75e44f677b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure as a link farm suggests it's designed to lure users to malicious destinations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=forno+el%C3%A9trico+philco+pfe25i+air+fry+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8b5e97ff91---27847687575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.upperhousedev7.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51409511902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0873a3298441a88ef15c496c9f0f0ad4/88038936572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b9a778e95ffd8b638a610a9d6dcae84/65685737321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c857cba24db222c4512bd52efb2816ea/52723880764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupburuemas1.com/contents//files/33525151318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e263455882---maxawamifagagidirusuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluebirdcanada.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210812_F0B91EFEB9108E08.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a39a60b647e---30487824082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mjcleij93pbo48oge9o3oji767/sivavorelituvoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yachtales.net/admin/userfiles/files/kosevewidareko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fe7b79a54b---wanusewewufaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/sopowupitujuwekijola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078862414d6f---sirixupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendatourvietnam.com/hinhanh/file/53330380402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e965f66bf07b3bdb181a89b29420e2b/47234603348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc24d92f0fc---gusoxaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zge-led.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/woxesalufikaminaxoruvuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5233143242bc0030498f1e81291cb751/11416767129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bataretak.com/img/files/file/xukiwewuwazetuzemapoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toonesk.com/upload/15372055762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/zokugurof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f10a154550a51ba20445d86966f89b44/nupusebazuzelenaruzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e973fa06d9f---gidatizabobutomoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camelcarpet.org/d/files/ziruguwurekexowekirote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahamit.net/userfiles/file/bowisata.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_off0000dca3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCA3 11176 bytes
SHA-256: 81a932e3f331021515dab651551abe6f5fd0ac7e7f21b2dad55b971e50297e7b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f654.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF654 18184 bytes
SHA-256: 88318d04f8bf8a893630bd47704705a242043ce21e54d926c52ef68f01d66def
font_02_sfnt_off00012599.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12599 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1