Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a02514f69de2f4fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-10-08 01:18:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: c5e65ae74952c71c690c2c62b5dfd543 SHA-1: 6d9f4a90d22fbca770f2116a2db630db237117d3 SHA-256: a02514f69de2f4fe412c0dc5dd03c2082e14b07ae197583fa51c0a7643864e4f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=which+of+the+following+is+true+about+nonrenewable+resources PDF link annotation
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81ed1904a98615b24334b9cac771a91d/94366830185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35386760921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43hn0bf265u3l5l41dfe17u18m/bofalekisuviminaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ppp220.com/Upload/file/foxutesatulunasawofik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dges.in/userfiles/file/putoxorarogevodofovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duplisite.com/userfiles/file/12337093454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://korovin.org/site/img_ufiles/7306110935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://22vek-omsk.ru/fck_editor_files/files/jinevij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maslag.eu/userfiles/file/lupikukuzupivekisideb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ba9953de68---diwusopaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vyaspublicschool.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29107371317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://werkkledingverkoop.nl/images/docman/files/gudafojinemevaputuzeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptekainternetowa.net/_mdm_apteki/file/58428526785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearspace-design.com/CKEdit/upload/files/82786097838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lactopad.com/uploads/files/besoniwawikosaniderijewij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zge-led.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/dofasomom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vencedor.coop/images/admin/file/12323855785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retailpark.bg/uploads/wysiwyg/files/22592228347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgekc.com/media/userfiles/file/7596033390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/540be0810fb0770271e6c1a776524734/vipezokozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontiermyanmar.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17923726895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pomtco.com/technical/files/file/78828144322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teen.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/liwofafogufolaverupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radiosalsa.fr/php/rs/filesupload/file/27544693209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lb6366edj4b0qkcpjkvitbbku6/15136666158.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_off0000f361.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF361 18808 bytes
SHA-256: a44b1c3a612718241d5e233f17a8f729aac3e0cfab715f3a44bba81ab2eef34a
font_01_sfnt_off00012508.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12508 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 22f514df225965a2f3b255a02696fa250f3ec182825c923fd0995612e30b33f5
font_02_sfnt_off00013e66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E66 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1