Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc02a1588464837c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-06-11 11:14:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 4a1cb736df71680b1b375a9a00647d80 SHA-1: eda46c19df9b48ef3eebcfa0d6f38ae40feb2336 SHA-256: dc02a1588464837cada6d9db717f26c84512718d841d8c93b43d9b82a97e7c99
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains keywords related to mathematical formulas, likely a lure to disguise the malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+the+perimeter+of+a+semicircle+formula
    • http://bocghebinhduong.com/media/ftp/file/29685261879.pdf
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d1ee4cb09e---89898832169.pdf
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfc5210300909a98c0c15cc4c54fd390/nuvatinolib.pdf
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607238acbe00a---loxitosepebizugetofobov.pdf
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g8s51ff3t66bsjrf4vebckc9ej/kibumirezupurifotakar.pdf
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lplsi9p2k7dj1ijv3obertlau1/xazok.pdf
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df98fbdacf---vodep.pdf
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/1800623051.pdf
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d952969d46---24691707598.pdf
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ppjslt2scjblebhp40omltgl47/95675224382.pdf
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb82522dd67---23281326210.pdf
    • http://www.aluvascientific.com/UserFiles/file/vetiwe.pdf
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099ba6bb3fed---sawaliromufamesezuzuniru.pdf
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0gjvsp1b1tdu18fhb4r3i0i40/gidup.pdf
    • https://brothers-music.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muwimekujulunalu.pdf
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/50029043270.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cddc.bin
fd662b1181e8b4190334739c7d7a9ddb6f15cf4d7c8c1f00ba29cd0f415482f0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDDC 5448 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e04a.bin
cc2e8bc5cbb9af4bb12dc9ab7dc2b262587825059fe69c3760900688529555fc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE04A 11740 bytes