Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a2a4870816ac149…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-17 00:28:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 7d02e4a299510a9c3bea70eec37485eb SHA-1: 5b8541da3a9c1ce04cc73f5ddcb961c09d7131ae SHA-256: 8a2a4870816ac14934f042680f027b842dce24316bfbe118ce50da7871191bb5
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The critical heuristic 'SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE' indicates the document instructs the user to copy and paste content into a shell, a common technique for executing malicious commands. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=root+access+for+es+file+explorer PDF link annotation
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161386e61e4a5f---2155865566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koutingchina.com/upload/files/28995022558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inbiosa.eu/static/cfiles/files/givewozesamaxilax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masan315.net/board/imagefile/file/67026518405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://f1-rennsimulatoren.de/userfiles/file/84874088211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131bd55ae254---2014230680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncallanatomist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16868674875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upnbkk.com/file_media/file_image/file/dimoxejera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f32fc9c6ed---piges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundai-dongdo.vn/images/files/gudixunezanelurebonobomej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purepassion.pl/userfiles/file/newiwuzizalagamamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tufeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141684d43f7c---63625147786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hak-al.com/resimler/files/10977620891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6l6orh2bdvthkvfr0cfg79pa03/vonetukodafogozebisejug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topoint.cc/userfiles/fckFile/20210905125057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gospelpour100voix.com/fichiers/newsletter/file/xenifobupilojifurol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grawerlik.pl/userfiles/file/88623499272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://market-oborudovanie.ru/upload/file/77562298573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penal-garazh.ru/files/89402262991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f4b65571141415f6d564bd0daca3073/57998777778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dpsnowodworze.pl/userfiles/file/pamuvojoxixiwekedusopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c569754a5a---radupapujiparududonodewen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talleresjpg.es/img/file/golon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kindspring.org/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gojaboxefum.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_off0000da87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA87 10516 bytes
SHA-256: 1be963db542921d6bde4080898c893d956bc493aa91060160e472d9a24f7165d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ab6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AB6 17476 bytes
SHA-256: 521c22e6389ff6d248c83d280a3ac6c92df7eff6eb69033969f90ae62f0a4b9b