Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 02fa1c547a2dd321…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-15 20:37:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: eed23379663eff1e083944a7a269a004 SHA-1: cf7415635d3725bf9a0ccd70cebe5c24e76dedb2 SHA-256: 02fa1c547a2dd321d5c2ea7515aed0ee44089723fa4f32088979c33f7255a449
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based nature of this document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141848a26b04---84911249108.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bititechnika.com/uploads/file/nagaledotugir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxlinder.com/admin/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fovezamavopelowokulid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://printific.com/images/contentimages/files/jukijufasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingalbertltd.com/uploadedfiles/file/tevosifepejijamez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artgrafika.cz/userfiles/file/rizofezoxatutogedepomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilexgold.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/garovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekorepetycje.eu/Upload/file/23202039509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avatars.ru/userfiles/file/tavejinelekobanadotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngocphuocjsc.com/public/default/ckeditor/files/33715453425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hooleihomes.com/cms_images/file/76679458911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/264828979ee1276ede51aecdc86a45fb/vopirete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/993a2cded56848eb5e46daf36b35951c/zebexuwojunedab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://multimetrics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39361344466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gkatsov.com/userfiles/file/20784177906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omnoiptv.com/outscapes/admin/ckeditor/uploads/ck/files/wugosegejinugaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nhabe.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66343526708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzxf.com/images/upload/File/tobafepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/pabameferogomovufevur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://redac.ch/upload/sogijuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://craft-personal.de/userfiles/file/pijuzominotuxumaniwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142035276c89---48823690911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokemom2.com/uploads/files/78029398274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanda-boiler.com/d/files/fobodod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoverservice.be/gallery/file/jujaduxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hvezda-pardubice.cz/files/file/65893126754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=firmware+samsung+galaxy+trend+plusPDF 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_off0000e487.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE487 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 55f72986d1babdf45511c60fbc5818111b37a86b4e4904f1d71bf9ccc84e0f38
font_01_sfnt_off0000fde2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDE2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000115f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115F4 17912 bytes
SHA-256: 619579e0952c40ec0d114d924b8958148fe88eefd9bb61b162adda7bf63695a5