Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2a152df8ef5f9a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-08-14 05:06:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f9d1a2355853c1a736825c2f822d3077 SHA-1: 10942ff6821175c6ef6fe9b3bead035431cb28de SHA-256: a2a152df8ef5f9a908c0546053359871eee011477ede937a19bc9e654c408537
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with several URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. Crucially, the SE_CLICKFIX heuristic indicates the document instructs users to execute commands, likely to bypass macro restrictions and download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7716bdee8a8470bad6952694fcc748e7/lenexisaxufajijobuwoxo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c27fe4d8e64---godowesebasosijibuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a484f02b7---wogopapabazipozabokagun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skinrepublic.vn/webroot/img/files/89949261936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6320b64495---86068660395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcongluc.com/upload/files/pumulakuxixusikuberid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bishnutoursandtravels.in/userfiles/file/34881680848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102cc8eb8755---juraritekifepekavowalejux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://womenshealthcarenp.com/clients/2/29/29a32d4da59f0b4eaa4573e1354aeabc/File/46156348970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kielcenoca.pl/files/file/33827693907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotossc.pl/_files/file/267998211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://big-blue-bus.com/pics/fotos/1/file/44933975556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d530513745---42720909023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a65c5a2add6---jewudomaxamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromoink.com/updates/file/71115645711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af791ebcf7d---84637455952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cgrbaeotj5150uui4er42shnfs/27710485489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseenadventure.com/userfiles/file/wedogasamuxamukobegewebos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://culturasiapamplona.com/guiarte_userfiles/files/15555242263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095cf7569c1c---subekokirizitijanotefevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6fb0581ae---47530092051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f39388904261d011eb10b85caaad896d/bojumivuxonuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d4f1acd065---787692956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n-production.com/upload/fckeditor/file/80466698811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+download+maps+on+minecraft+bedrock+xbox+onePDF 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_off0000f4b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4B9 11192 bytes
SHA-256: af798760a5da6baefd4fca60d2070e5db6822e03a78fe76b3a3770256703e796
font_01_sfnt_off00010eae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EAE 17872 bytes
SHA-256: 273affb0e5665c26699d928d69ec9c1018a632102fb3711ed9cd3d4e157f3b5a
font_02_sfnt_off00013dd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DD4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1