Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 02eeb0a8d6025548…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 13:50:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: cc2fd3255e8220e04f2cf24d2479c23f SHA-1: 6c685e7f9bbcf7c4ef2580d3792d9e7b29e75ea1 SHA-256: 02eeb0a8d6025548770214905231d280cbeb68dbae2032a595c4f1724582d88c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites used for hosting files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The primary function appears to be acting as a link farm to redirect users to external, potentially harmful content.

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 http://hillcountryawningsandsunscreens.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789492126ab---8892444803.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://planao.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zijujozam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mindentudor.hu/userfiles/file/kopurolezoxegeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ec6b75182f---54555062905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiopros.com/userfiles/file/In PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d0d312853---48046343088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gsnaocp040vc1ve1q8v1sn8n03/93607036197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc9e34cdaa1---fipufofoxipizexomupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/tuvazemimitexinokowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ta87091ggu8mcqgqoadvfsm5f6/26368356843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingenermarket.ru/userfiles/95580475931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd2418923f---62062101481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.lu/upload/semofabakagifuduta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyzjkgm.com/d/files/8066495978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grand-forge.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/932510fc7e8eb4080c4fd30537876604/44839691204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe582589c7c---51735380033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7dcd45dd1e---23737560457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae9b3c7f0d9aa68c00c5e30be7a9769b/giwudopifibupax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/tuxodomugonuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1dba61fd816581fa09e9b39314acc0d2/baketet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a56dfec9b6---buxixuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160747923a7a56---femunutitokav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms01bet.net/contents//files/gozepib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a131ec6c482---35946973712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointvirgule.ca/upload/editor/file/fijanikel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuvanthanhlapcongty.biz/upload/ck/files/45504568340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=cara+edit+pdf+ke+word+onlinePDF 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_off0000e87e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE87E 10532 bytes
SHA-256: e84b4353fb3090af5e6fad25fe71803eef4ea8fd0ae24ddcacc3ea9aac6ce663
font_01_sfnt_off0001009f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1009F 18524 bytes
SHA-256: ab45244074567b1194962bfd3c81b477674a5723125e3e5fcb6314cb6af6228e
font_02_sfnt_off00013030.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13030 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1