Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c02e1d0427a598c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-02 03:07:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: b8cecfff41d6908404940dc66950181d SHA-1: e7af3c376212253d0440fed9faafd2f7b7e2a8eb SHA-256: 7c02e1d0427a598c9eaf26b4e16d5c2dbfa2bfedfbecef2e2393618070b859fc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The document contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The embedded URLs, such as 'https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+reset+voicemail+pin+on+iphone', are likely used to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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=how+to+reset+voicemail+pin+on+iphone PDF link annotation
    • http://meandnetworking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/waxenegulubepovagetuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mc7s7rtqa46340j3g5n4kn4tvv/nomenamolakurexifugifil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072369e07fa3---gojifexujozugufap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbab1a143278202f3f5897895d974934/12735135127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conelser.hu/fck_uploads/file/15349274499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/69348996069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5ee5b558db---woriwozujeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/udk3cm25r74nfm14405fq63mi2/rurogikibanotabowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hssipm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2bc43df626f29acb63709caf4508db4/54261412286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a87db3461d---fijaferuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/85447667601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4dcbd452a2---34144147633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/jutavene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/78962385871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cfd45849126716a8cc3c7a28c2424f5/xewelexakoxejimakusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mispuntossaga.com/campannas/file/96439442069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba8cbbcaef6---rizolugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoprofi.ua/userfiles/file/33727310000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.knickmeier.net/images/pageimg/file/54249647367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bygreenpure.com/userfiles/file/zereva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850fb570e31---66149037244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schmetterlingsgaerten.de/file/vukuromanexom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalclinicbangalore.com/uploads/tinuzagubemujuxikavulep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b16f145191c---83012307514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/wunikit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af84a82bc83fb4446e37de15febfdb67/37335360931.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_off0000ef4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF4D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010764.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10764 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 279c330a592ae9df3f53ca241785fd1c7067c1fdcbafe0db614946042d4274f2
font_02_sfnt_off00012010.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12010 17500 bytes
SHA-256: 79e5ca6a2670a648e302fb140900d0a0285267cedb53861400fe4596dcfb34ef