Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a02b45bcb2272cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-08-08 12:52:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 34a6b576ee7225145bdefe6f97071e31 SHA-1: 9d09ff3eaf95adcd9e2920d0f77652082d1a03b6 SHA-256: 0a02b45bcb2272ccaef96c15e536fed5e20267a18b2d0e0d63542f33a4413364
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters further support the classification as a link farm, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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 https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab4acb0ad19c1ab27fed9560b8ffba58/62981303413.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://galerieportelouise.be/userfiles/files/61332973293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be859bc22a7---wifez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafichesirio.com/userfiles/files/90986745524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rkdestate.com/userfiles/file/gidapewokepewufez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://21cedu.com/pds/userfiles/files/migefurulekufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sbqdck95i6j8qs86nm2k90cq0k/87187886676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/744442d6b4f1be257a11364f01ea6152/rakoweminogorado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab76c5e6382---40898931967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alrukn.co/userfiles/files/texegajekovugitanaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maybomnuocdanang.com/uploads/image/files/70621075603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3a0dfe0696---58088051394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb28431a63f9d9d6d0645c76023b933c/sezaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canigrup.com/userfiles/file/zulafenusubotolapivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duhochmis.com/files/uploaded/files/xudikovapakup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namthangbasaltstone.com/uploads/image/files/loripideredazenubita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vandientuchinhhang.com/upload/files/15461406524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b490ee96a3e---17997964418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poolpoint.be/uploads/file/17867781521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608beaa30053b---mujigugibofikudurub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhferry.com/data/fckeditor/file///64184316422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinhadventure.com/uploads/file/zeradixawedidar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgrappresentanze.eu/userfiles/files/zizowurutuvopipokexuboliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/vegemirukopuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ottenburger.com/userfiles/file/74387980948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=baby+born+at+24+weeksPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47d666ffcc0773e511e79001aebdb928/segagadokunemako.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_off0000ff48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF48 17324 bytes
SHA-256: f948c586775629e03c9e54d3ee5bbe537957063dbafbffaa2c4b4da31acf5b96
font_01_sfnt_off00012c30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C30 10648 bytes
SHA-256: 128de849081301d2eadbd0f5aad90b878cc135492a8a100e568515fe8997868c
font_02_sfnt_off000144f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144F8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1