Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e02aa9fd66386d63…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-07-08 05:11:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: e963e7e5e6174234e8b8be089e2a5acf SHA-1: 155ffa6afa68f3ac34ae4bcef29aa200cdebdfab SHA-256: e02aa9fd66386d637e453fd5dd5a5c708eecf65b55c698425c883a5f30b0cac9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution scheme, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a580b9b620d---35438908266.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://graveyards-fuj.ae/userfiles/files/fotixiguvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/choh0gg3dkk9m2fcn8r4b3logq/93698530086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/ruven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/20216161447293780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fea1fc8e78f64f2d74ed7e86cae973d0/vapofosadorapofonasaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ee66817238---talibarutotapozewobaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5efciqd1kq4tt8jlglj5cmjch6/83565181086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce9655c67d---85072738140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b598c0892683d4a59010b06e5f9c52d/56341116176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/he8faabejevqaf5qj1tbtt64uq/94414428300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41869dbff0bd2111819300ea91e1c8cd/70356325066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41660be9b74c7b3a9babf1fbb3ecac0d/8585213089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083df527e850---38246246632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/525fb2604d472122edae264e97770103/3090138238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42a05419db500509468d4c4ce9103de8/gasawajixufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13b70e6ca23600b8f524016cd1a10013/siwifupebasobilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160746df151cb2---40838850850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oedva0t8uki84ai8rgua5o84sn/95334463716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/serutoguvubemimowewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4d60eb55c4bf1c4fffb77add990d9fb/90785164399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c300a81d455c9428d48fbb9052aecd8/60198155663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b6eb5bad379671e55873441a0f12aa3/58038849463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/299214f0765ef5d1757bc48cbe6dedd0/19034885284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f7f0011f4c---34538061446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+chromosomes+are+present+in+a+gametePDF 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_off00010211.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10211 16820 bytes
SHA-256: 7604bfb466a6c1d5172ec358e9429750e64bca2dfe3f1cc434bcf9b00e759f9b
font_01_sfnt_off00012dc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DC4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000145db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145DB 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 5672e56569cd9b087c8826ceff38ef0eb533eeddc3826a9e1ec4dbed01623dd3