Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de02db7e1bf455ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 20:18:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7a63ee251169eca4224abeedcaa2bc8a SHA-1: 684eeb81ed13faf7ce619bc07fcad897bb5b7834 SHA-256: de02db7e1bf455eecdc3926f6d97fd089d8c0fbcd4e8a2d3478c58a807cc1bd7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript further suggests potential malicious activity, likely for obfuscation or redirection. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://cowichanseniors.ca/userfiles/file/26596699414.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kielcenoca.pl/files/file/50425531024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc60a5f99aae6fb8dc1f432ecf2796f4/pitud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phukhoabacninh.com/images/files/49107119439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maynenkhipuma.vn/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/kiwozegitujugisubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feach.ie/images/uploads/file/77928415483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3fcafa61688f99f03d82388eb4b1475/63108519022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kominove-centrum.cz/media/files/file/numaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traslochimontalto.it/userfiles/files/sejeligusaserawer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a077551ec---dotinudonojokibuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b7e6e2cd1---bubafoperolusulunedobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86e991042595d9598debd226f4214f88/51722116841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nada70.org/userfiles/file/vexirosakumomalunerej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e4ecb93952---83296066827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitegenerale.tn/userfiles/file/rerevubimibebovezavobol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo.iberia.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61703169547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/fafaberawube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jdjcnc.com/upfolder/e/files/20210702132357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azizolace.cz/images/file/39367262316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c3a1af9e660167b81196414426609d7/48944457708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/56283823875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea2usv9j1je8br690mt0ib4c2l/75732499589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=lined+paper+pdf+free+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://crossfit28.com.s125853.gridserver.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/26600260952.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_off0000d897.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD897 10268 bytes
SHA-256: 59033e31f41e49bf73f6d558481fffbaaeccf3e6f38a5eaa0c074480df8d7776
font_01_sfnt_off0000efc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFC6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000107d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107D8 17764 bytes
SHA-256: 439fc3901d67248109bdd729406aa1ed312c240b15e52b74b5b84b8a3dc0edfd