Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a0e008710c7162e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.8 KB Created: 2021-09-26 14:30:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: d432cb89bd8fe1bb75f55077d3e38430 SHA-1: bde536d70dd60afc3f8ddd296b2172cda313c47f SHA-256: 2a0e008710c7162ecf5c89d306da91d2fbeb8d152fd6dcf06c5c5e518b7fd9de
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including being image-heavy with minimal text and containing numerous external links. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and numerous links suggest it is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://argekaucuk.com/nbg/upload/files/90849394626.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://derkwoo.com/upload/editor/files/wiwosesewalaxunek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spvi.cn/filespath/files/20210924193232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148166f085e5---63793275574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artistaone.co/userfiles/files/82580426878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d7ad5ea9f0e07dee3531f697adedf2f/virojesemevixifesovet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reparationmobile.net/userfiles/file/87623353134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136c9ecc95e6---zogivurikasijeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdprescription.com/ci/userfiles/files/5361156783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netwindowvn.com/uploads/userfiles/file/90004545477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haphadoor.com/upload/files/59134658712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpind.pl/userfiles/file/46926899970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelausiere.ca/upload/editor/file/tolukeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161417d4c9cac7---pedegib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136dc4bb7b89---wunavaragibeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9lbn13e3l8ouesmellakp0s87v/xuluxexivibarowerivudus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/30453079972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cartonwrappingmachine.com/userfiles/file/9078804132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzaidele.com/images/upload/File/40364513962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kultmotor.hu/images/files/87557558516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kiemtoandongnghi.com/public/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50342459013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161459f92c2956---36821293176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega-stainlesssteel.com/uploads/image/files/98534899222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=rocket+royale+apk+modPDF 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_off0000aeba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAEBA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c6cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6CC 14080 bytes
SHA-256: 5d5401272a8616953514391bde0d8e636003496c10a3d75e78d0c6434c59888e
font_02_sfnt_off0000e9d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9D0 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 230d2215713f0256742ad2ab9b08c18d80e9bf925247fc544f0b461bfa32ac20