Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f02b0732a4e34e24…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 20:44:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c5d394f2a668eb23dfc376bd8c67cc3d SHA-1: 1cd9babd1dccec0fcda67de56a7665d246133a35 SHA-256: f02b0732a4e34e24aa3eccb4dc3e0bfde46f0d4ac9a79aafa85ac9c457b90b50
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript may be used to facilitate redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+six+roles+of+the+president+worksheet+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://abwlargo.com/uploads/files/dinib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://red-adlay.com/upload/files/28935419073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c66a0ffa6543afdd73177a60b45d7865/gotebaxusilemetuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://commonwealthsportsawards.com/userfiles/file/dixagavag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f519cbaff493dea1dd69e96baba1f31/nirariz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b40d24bbfb---8087344047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077842d547a0---45009901459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullx.net/files/dilezotan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16aa426f99d092f97277bfa8d2bf5397/23504785511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mama-light.net/business_school/uploads/file/wovoxagisubutugaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m0r4lsafdckpo64fv07qmpav4t/foluponagaxifepejatadipus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a5jpjci225nvtt4bln9hbk8c7/19043306355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcoolassistance-creuse.net/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11439611727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae712e78e75---15986371416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/990d08d3e2a7d77a68e5bb6baffc7b45/89750662311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qiuyutv.com/userfiles/files/20210529044303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareu.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jaripureta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aweibel.com/Photo/file/jusewapilixaxiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5c8cf126e9f63a4da7d5fcc91cc70ce/xedutivifitufevinekero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puntolinea.org/userfiles/files/vekafano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tulga.ru/editor/files/rovaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--zb0by3yusal20ak5lcidnwigi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1628807153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k31szmq42-nu28.com/contents/files/sazejupegunosemasoxakilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copab.tn/216mag.svn/uploads/files/76666425763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.larche-de-jules.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92051413358.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_off0000d594.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD594 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eda6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA6 17764 bytes
SHA-256: 26a7c863f95fecf5d78876a864248c1a07f3f8337512eeef282c9fa51cce42e3
font_02_sfnt_off00011c10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C10 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 5d9cf64ddeb956298f1730e4c874f65d1e7204befda62ac102ed3e19e6f69bef