Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c602fec151ee5a2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-19 17:21:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 431bdeeafe0048a334d90dabac365a03 SHA-1: 1f5769db97a43b0dbb2669899c1ea905fbf6a761 SHA-256: c602fec151ee5a2aa5a997196d32ae5c6c6df9fff8faa1644d882dc54b95e7bd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The presence of multiple external URIs, including those hosted on compromised WordPress sites and link farms, indicates an attempt to redirect users to potentially malicious content. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://fundacjaartfreeart.pl/userfiles/file/99363004757.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cmrivestimenti.com/userfiles/files/23878340651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://covina.crazyrockinsushi.com/uploads/files/lijaporivapukivigek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161468eaf3174a---66507271629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diennuocdanang.com/uploads/image/files/8072120325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/dejatijewijaxuxotanogame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcfkenzi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vewekovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thibangoto.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/jenabuforen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kp-bs.ru/upload/files/58283021455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d89ad9225d---38281087829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldsunjsc.com/upload/files/19332612845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613005ebd1847---xogako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oazapiekna.com/zdjecia/fck/file/43436185252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.smartplus.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11930133853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94a0e17ab06231ef59dab1d301ee4715/dabigafule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yusungchart.com/userData/board/file/80014925581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mastirz.com/userfiles/files/67779841285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sklepbonus.pl/userfiles/file/fefoluxuroxovel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://equipociclistaugeraga.com/ciclistas/userfiles/file/28329945240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kitapkapla.com/upload/ckfinder/files/dizonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apaman.ti-am.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41873183185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalsocialwlefaresummit.com/app/webroot/uploads/ckuploads/files/lulojapafafib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podhoru.cz/userfiles/file/54029241791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e2e62040a4304831a61bb91c110405c/wudutakoluvidunepatifep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dralituncer.net/userfiles/file/fexotosij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=find+my+friend+device+androidPDF 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_off0000e369.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE369 10480 bytes
SHA-256: 591ae57dbd498c051e44b69516a41bc0f264a61b8d7c9faad7b559f9f5bf6150
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB29 17764 bytes
SHA-256: 37e6d54a7b12df691a4f25768c8341c374628032c985e4279ad1bbe633b1fb62
font_02_sfnt_off00012977.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12977 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1