Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 02f44519b84b688a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 03:11:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 23189a78dfeac1a8cfbfbfb249d39c2c SHA-1: 23e67687dfa48c4c0f843bf4c88fe491f32650a2 SHA-256: 02f44519b84b688a5093863d553d93f955336fe3ebf9f903a9c011562196de53
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories, which in turn host further PDF files. The presence of numerous links to potentially compromised CMS upload storage suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0920d8e82---kubirutivoripaso.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.myosiaffiliate.com/199trust/img/file/30681638726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://llsindia.in/FCKeditor/file/13431125039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mostenpo.jp/userfiles/files/91170220884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c100fd652f7---17468260453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c7b439f3369a3d44fc53dc50cd5222e/73821972274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austria-ex.com/images/blog//file/juvowogajibaxukezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79980a9c6b---45054810621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/di9rq9nic1sv705i70vmua7424/51776904708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlato-eu.cz/upload/files/64967313465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karimeh.com/public/userfiles/file/losazemolinogagab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichocungtoi.com/userfiles/file/zuxoxokabavitinulize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itracmediav5.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39480535151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/109e79f63684a069bdf05db15d168552/xazugirujitarujikid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3i6ig26fmll5hpcaap4mri3c5a/jelirasemafab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbhs1965.com/clients/6/6b/6bdd8f708684a1f547efbf97e1630fe5/File/1770968150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af752467717---69816065372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68r72iq7jsv73k21n23oip8otp/fibaduvikufexutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097dff4c3a97---5759768731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9a08b7492---57800917239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944af3b8e75---wixabajizerefojimulese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8237826c531f8a569ce1789f36fe4d55/nagazaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c647bb75f83---xizevanuzuzasavofetenani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9bf4baed96---81247662158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c897c676b5c---jopuxedut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+protect+a+pdf+documentPDF 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_off0000f217.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF217 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A29 17132 bytes
SHA-256: e5b4934220d5eb2578bfee6d69d16bdac7aa3de5d7fb2bad2be29a4ae56cb9cf
font_02_sfnt_off000136bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136BB 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 2a09a375a75d3e73b1c843837633636d7464e33fd9e715e943ffd45111d97901