Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f02a172619a7b5a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-20 12:06:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f3a83d425781fb16814ff2dc8705922d SHA-1: 1b0b6c9b41566945c0392fb814c1d8dddc872fef SHA-256: f02a172619a7b5a55c299a19d3abba8bc41df3b460d1242af581d3d9c5f8592a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=canh+ga+xao+xa+ot PDF link annotation
    • http://sportingfoundation.com/uploads/file/69905204751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezsprinting.com/userfiles/file/51274323196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://culbertsonlawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dagufukujerizilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613040ebaf448---xemonezufixokurimuzuwuwed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/767e2c8acb747576ddd4f361c4e36ea7/77168705113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fancybox.pamlskovnik.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37735829979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pazzo.jp/js/upload/files/7515922501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingore.cn/upload/files/vojivevidogevijowomasivur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaszemin.com/files/zagatex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/bomukuvosoregigeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esvigo.com/upload/files/8829740115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezgoe.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7824326617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malashealthcare.com/userfiles/files/25999600410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://supportsystemsvainc.com/home/ssvi/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76539152309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614113b2d80b4---mamutamonovamijejobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoneophytou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32190009180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caythuocnam.org/images/files/gopulawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81049022177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b270a7kf.kr/data/editor/file/mimekikav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veterinarycarefoundation.org/userfiles/file/41234348788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131308f5c937---15732820787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sd-olimp.hr/files/kedixuxokewomemukiresi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yanarfabrics.com/firma/files/25715054660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b394bc1831---nunisepawubefajegedip.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_off0000dd46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD46 16596 bytes
SHA-256: e7d3ad00d97c81f7ab9c89c8d80162635b536af9b702148a25bf065da24f4d5e
font_01_sfnt_off00010866.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10866 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001207c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1207C 9984 bytes
SHA-256: bea456f6093100e22e1bc64cf493a4be6a6b417d95a32e47cfe3361cdc771158