Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a6a55d88db29da5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:20:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 6d99f2831ba05a4e7fd17665d876c692 SHA-1: dbd7cb7117f37ade0c7c878b9953cec78dbc0291 SHA-256: 2a6a55d88db29da5c19055de7c28ea79f95d78879ba2e01c51d39e058fd2e748
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF employs a common screenshot lure technique, presenting an image to the user while hiding clickable links. Numerous URLs are embedded, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for credential harvesting or second-stage payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 68 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 http://capmar.eu/userfiles/file/gotapiduked.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o4tj8tvmditt4rjnp78lpr3d55/82841571572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o4a2qv9q6qvsd6a0q0gvqnpt31/82699787862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fandimnarodaku.cz/upload/file/bawinunomulurig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vamaconsulting.sk/userfiles/file/garemaxanofokarut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca6f6b64ee---34428969190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surrattsville69.com/clients/8/81/8122276c22396d7fa0996010cc369f50/File/balalopulafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a8003b75e6---lugebuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15dad4dccf---83944043257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/dutukokenasotibebisumar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cp-1.ru/userfiles/files/jumimasazofijodapew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharma-tools.eu/galeria/file/mafumexuwexesesulaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gabrielamaciel.net/images/content/file/gofovel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5r1q4rmbvnck19kj5u4lr1v37/97241399529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailitara.lt/bites/uploads/file/27196960557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://precedent.by/_newsite/images_from_html_editor/file/98415932929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a370034e2---38395820291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126ed067ab37---28502323672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--lenachatka-57b.pl/uploaded/file/72146423721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/43188874872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a2390deecedc14eaad8b2f520a44f0f/52779708844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoybowlramenandpoke.com/uploads/files/20329321651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=derivative+of+trigonometric+functions+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_off0000b008.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB008 13892 bytes
SHA-256: 5a3b3684429b0d020bedc2df04bd73e7d823b4a3f0a79ed3a4a14378e406a11b
font_01_sfnt_off0000d206.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD206 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 7cc186dd9d38986e4b0935ff3974a2c8d3ce51ebb333d9f3af5160c324565913
font_02_sfnt_off0000ebbc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBBC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1