Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a02379c5e1953cf0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 11:16:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: bf3a1932dbddc71046c5e89c7c379220 SHA-1: 5142a233fb0e3d60b3888c5124855fad2b24ec86 SHA-256: a02379c5e1953cf0f76d12ce8e8d22e2d691ba00c469935db055f578d69fce50
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, a common tactic for distributing malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef9b13d62a---43678537448.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ngocvietbungalow.com/upload/files/65997978371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://outspokenholland.com/userfiles/fckFile/20210531181047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df22721cb5---xitovizivagururod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2de7767f3b39a6f441bbd144f53cbb80/49161960743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2ee49156e8---pilelakapilewan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/vesuwoxowurova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onlineadda.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/povunudusebirodaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2caf3859a4ce73eecca82dd0957c1ea6/sukikisowelatefokegujoxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferropula.hr/files/38143983449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ab1c567c1---250890640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0284773321801626e7cd6db0e734c4b/tudubakiwifumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africa-emergence2019.com/userfiles/file/tuzuxopukoregapadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10e948943b12eb10d4f3044a2db0b427/15129115761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2352f49fe2eb874ba9c3636a8877814a/jelitaxajugugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evolution-dev.com/file_media/file_image/file/toxije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittlich-luexem.de/userfiles/file/tusewetililuribaluzab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0pqkvvr968t1eodifo6irq1ca6/pepenokufew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/622e24784b9ac9e73e85ced702bb6a65/46261628045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pattersonandoliphantfamily.com/clients/875492/File/bawugedifapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juzasomutepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5e8efe9fe2---55262208826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c05edd4d611---norosiziginig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080601483a76---67950944654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=influenza+porcina+tratamiento+pdfPDF 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_off0000c16b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC16B 17120 bytes
SHA-256: 78bb9bdaf0684493ec9aca432cdb96f12ae43a7dda82367dd3a98bb5ee88ba90
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC33 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 984bb39c08a298248e717b1bea1f02d65d36326fc45033a7893601e55763c45d
font_02_sfnt_off000104cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1