Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 02e1af1fdde5e37d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-06-26 01:48:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 558b6c78dcbc83991f48aa6b9f20178d SHA-1: fb21a2ac2ee6f46c3dee95a2ac1120798dbe69fb SHA-256: 02e1af1fdde5e37d09dc0c6e7c3332ff9587c2cc1684d2a2ba04322e611ce7fb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating it likely contains malicious content. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malware. The presence of multiple PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports its role as a distribution mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=benefits+of+reading+for+students
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k3p7ibs5booedpjg7huecatp62/gozipomilaroriselunogoliz.pdf
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076660a7f808---kalepunurojosiwox.pdf
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc1fa3c5bd7bf3e7aabafc33782fc8df/51038898744.pdf
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607439c4ec3b6---74001628188.pdf
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/dezis.pdf
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a4382477b927ce7734244bdb09e7474/38273612128.pdf
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a07ac7b71---tusomibu.pdf
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160752347b6e20---28655853686.pdf
    • https://strechybenesov.cz/content/7530520871.pdf
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/sozoweja.pdf
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ef1640dde3ce1cf8e577e07ff8aa036/13742453163.pdf
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c332d302f3091dfbf7e0f0215defd6f7/pukulegevuvudepuzonu.pdf
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cee9ef2eb80---27591657640.pdf
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eec764534c8dc3c11d53847953bae2a8/dafururijexaxiwomaj.pdf
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/59322694524.pdf
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b36plq53jgpjaempbsq4dsp37i/17726458742.pdf
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a954b0d6129---jetadijexotewadosegeza.pdf
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e702cd203cce583f177ff1fb7aad70bd/luxegiwonujuvodanugunix.pdf
    • https://banghenails.com/upload/file/45856017110.pdf
    • http://cichanski.com/Upload/file/97210748498.pdf
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aac5bdcb1ff---92210217078.pdf
    • http://banghetretruc.com/media/ftp/file/70775081283.pdf
    • http://www.evisiontiendaonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2802227958.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_off0000f0f0.bin
91ff6a1b9dddb49c09f984c2a4fdd6ac3f9e1b1a0cbace4d9795a1576e40b6d4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0F0 10636 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001093c.bin
88963c14b280e8f9bc17fe31379ca49c4f173eda0b195382400f093ffe46f4d1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1093C 16932 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013551.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13551 16792 bytes