Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f02c516eb845c42c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-08-04 19:15:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8165c7d2a6125c20be5086201ad319db SHA-1: a88aa5fb8bd52f9dac610122f545097feb1fbb2f SHA-256: f02c516eb845c42cd36a2770b8c149df12435fafd3f426f4fc7116fa7e95ef2a
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-severity PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS. It contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to potentially compromised websites or IP addresses, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature, identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/doojgprd730ikqacesgkhdalle/84579275903.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987766baffc---26214422376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmicropilotes.com/uploads/files/fuvafogemikuvukulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rh3dmjjq1sopmhgmaovi3roma1/36609744582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atomleasing.ru/media/File/5183402038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castel.lu/userfiles/files/34722750585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-17/20210517163032977786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khanikango.in/file/42580509472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7462579292adff213332b84b9d9256e9/68992459643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/57930967327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://157.230.241.115/image/upload/File/tutikivusu.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bvqecgeemgqtlbeq3p2mocn9rq/vuzogorok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massimomoroni.it/userfiles/files/72098377429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.39koratmachinery.com/file_upload/files/19429439075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e6270ec2f0---28659847338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kompaspt2.com/contents//files/gatupupasimapipige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjw-led.com/userfiles/file/71780639671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j1jc5k912eba6h0jn8hai5457i/37182338070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belovosushi.ru/files/benapawekozuxegij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahceneryaman.net/public/content-images/files/loxugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12297006042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/32809842907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/889c276ae50f8d63dbfcdbbd6d3817df/58843967778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aagkbrca3apkgkee0a1bi.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mabeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=macmillan+mathematics+5a+teacher%27s+guide+pdfPDF 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_off0000f4c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4C5 11208 bytes
SHA-256: 20619f349495041df04bd7adb43f1d33bf350e8c481e81d21ef4d726aaef064b
font_01_sfnt_off00010ea3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EA3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000126b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126B5 22884 bytes
SHA-256: 5bcbd166205a86f3a414f27566e24b0a6bf8e74362db4147d6a4722246f7e776