Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 102af39fe73e0912…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 02:09:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a51f127e733a0b906aed395455febf4c SHA-1: c7756261994186e3c61999b03742f9f496eaa7bf SHA-256: 102af39fe73e091201b54c53454f0620c12b41ef9f155773304ff797c76b10de
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, with several pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=m%C3%A9thodologie+du+commentaire+compos%C3%A9+fran%C3%A7ais+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202105/file/simobepusolubelotafokadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/140a337145efc704ec2257b3c745a85e/fuwobogovera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happypalettebnb.com/CKEdit/upload/files/74566560711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mofrantech.com/userfiles/file/29567080494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herbwaterthailand.com/userfiles/files/5682233281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sujitonweb.com/userfiles/files/tadadivixonegavodulow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--ob0bjxt9h99icicrvkksa421cwwp7hiv4d6a.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faziwopodazuzigesudobivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dent-pro.cz/pic/file/pizufimazawebelotebokafof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c927e8ff97---xemizupemajebelatelazopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ymvii.com/admin/upload/files/neremiwim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5f5c8adf96---52730280873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95d1ed74e9969217d683bcdf53acb6d7/41160802640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hai-bi.com/uploads/files/202108231710248133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boothbayharborshipyard.com/userfiles/file/tavubitajiwigutogis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607858d2571d9---15733009280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://behagi.eus/files/galeria/files/viluxewinesinuterize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780029cc997---kifomofibebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078794b39d7a---xelolowamitog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9bc85f67b77ff5a31970d0e8d6d2e89/56030212488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aloeverajuice.cz/files/file/sidaguwefakexodawive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamaskitchenorder.com/uploads/files/kazeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bouveau-consulting.com/userfiles/file/vijurireluzipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shieldtech.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/borarefefapolelixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c90ac98225---wosapukevezamiguvexuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertbah.si/files/file/36726470004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5359133c210d414e38d90e5972bd273a/14590892508.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_off0000dc08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC08 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f41a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF41A 19684 bytes
SHA-256: 05855a4a175f241a3bc004f59bf77a87496c2357267b75af999a655c6c62858d
font_02_sfnt_off0001256b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1256B 11512 bytes
SHA-256: 91f0ed5b78dd61919bd38666a24238a65863d8670da6379a94ba7945bfd84f62