Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 502fc28e111d7819…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:29:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4f6f7a3e18122a2dea7b9e36b681edda SHA-1: ce72ff9d7cf2e1e2b75fb6252bb2a51d0c5fdae7 SHA-256: 502fc28e111d78197c65df038c616d19a3ba4e513f9df979f5d6a2da263aebc7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The embedded JavaScript stream, combined with the link farm, indicates a phishing or malware distribution scheme. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://connect-senior.ch/uploades/userfiles/file/51131516623.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://investmentskillsgroup.com/images/userfiles/file/10401243548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609552fa7b947---mafukibedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ifejmtjm557v39d9j6p48rfbq2/dokevibifalarisaneti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16120c272d4c54---selenokenigozojidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edu-family72.ru/content/images/uploads/file/35202636177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hometeamcorp.com/images/usr/pamidotirumat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayzones.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/76714781949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3f0ba90f23---36092264087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/livumizufipanumedad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslimitada.com/userfiles/file/luxomivifajusev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a565e01bd5---sufomozateboda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnsunnyfood.com/d/files/ludetutasexisep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mps-india.com/userfiles/files/poxudasegafasimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mls.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0eb665c1a10181eeb614a1cb1f0da9a9/37117313280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuduchouse.vn/pics/file/90725042762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/userfiles/file/gotuwajobejipib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stallingreunion.com/clients/a/a3/a37dbb3dca22f8cb40f44de83fe48269/File/19273864016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raljob.com/userfiles/file/53699855096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongduong.net/Images_upload/files/36509040154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smflow.in/admin/uploads/file/walifonafowaseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parc-hotel.info/file/51941207882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elitagida.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10spikh00oqu60r67gbia67ae2/97815085705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=science+volcano+experiment+worksheetPDF 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_off00010778.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10778 11060 bytes
SHA-256: f6e5ffbee139fcf270d4ae8ca02b47b99eb15d0b59f71f284ba63dfc21072e52
font_01_sfnt_off0001211d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1211D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001392f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1392F 17556 bytes
SHA-256: cbee9a1ae12a7d1f6059106dff1242b2ed310106060364acf25b6952841abdac