Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 022a2c9681a29f83…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-07-30 09:59:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4e909300024fac82d7109400f7dcc826 SHA-1: 8149134bc71dfd8ebf7ebe86fdfe5370a70ba174 SHA-256: 022a2c9681a29f83450f54ef6cb6109b11beedb38cf4396b3e9ed8f085cc9671
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting sites, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The 'SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE' heuristic suggests the document may instruct the user to execute commands, further increasing the risk. ClamAV detection confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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
  • Clipboard command execution lure high SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE
    Document tells the user to copy or paste clipboard content into Run, PowerShell, cmd, or another shell-like execution context
  • 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 http://zoltysnieg.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/rogalega.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://greenline.bg/userfiles/file/5181395637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ab184989040546f68a8998c70004ed0/kugobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikidi.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/67627580375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/fanudiluwerabigejifujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826641d514d---jelonipedex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28965d26a95b40ee47902da82e6831aa/xifesifavaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf24b1fcdb---vevabafosumavusosifur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.abcklima.hu//data/editorfile/62609067647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084090f36bb4---verubadiwaloxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbef796cd1---66729457566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneolock.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/28365225630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--fct8ml6mwue.tw/uploads/files/71639697880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://handientu.vn/userfiles/file/sugesuzupodikim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78386534073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interiorconsignments.com/media/file/lopilutejigivuxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szekszardportal.hu/userfiles/file/jusinodilas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engineersclasses4competition.com/files/others/12659500928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08d75848e2b5791d94f1cb796552c07b/pizuletezoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akvaguru.hu/user/file/logupupabukaparogidor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afe24573ea54017b8154107952b22dc3/rurevujovaxinadomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160763909de731---91592477252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/446bfb35ed6052226fc28eb816c0fb77/76257303046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=can+i+play+minecraft+with+friends+for+freePDF 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_off00010401.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10401 11116 bytes
SHA-256: bc241502f6b7534b60b350fc400cb9bd6b1342e73df1f93a39331f7b812f5ab0
font_01_sfnt_off00011dd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DD5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000135e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135E7 17188 bytes
SHA-256: 7f14e29f01d2e254eb3c374867809c79fa11ddc5701523432e52f67188e18c94