Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2a5d7f74e5fb806…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 20:19:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 5d378afd1e802551112a28b80b139798 SHA-1: 0563c4411b24b32cb83b86b4bacf1e81f784c461 SHA-256: a2a5d7f74e5fb8064117d13e4b758ecfd5d42ba6b1412c2b294ea84bb989743e
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised websites or link farms. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the download or redirection to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=clans+of+clans+hack+version PDF link annotation
    • http://www.ishvani.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42988986269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stauarchitetti.eu/userfiles/files/daxizifaniferamino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertoantoniz.com/resources/original/file/77137381385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hide-bo.com/img/tmp/file/53616399503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shoreluxurylimos.com/userfiles/files/40413195559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75a4a012ea8704e3e357bcef30874ac7/pexibusigevef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5abs4v8acbms8g7rejvlfr6dgv/jozav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gonvvama.net/filespath/files/20210913183400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xyoaa.org/sites/default/files/files/20824367810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burlingame.com/wysiwygfiles/file/dupiviginuxejilibixudutup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liceoadultos.juniorcollege.cl/userfiles/files/risumebafaxitibebutetufoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jimsdelibrookhaven.com/demo/jimsdeli/admin/userfilesfile/bakebadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henanshuangxin.com/d/files/lawejijisipopobokomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coutleelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lased.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangvetthuong.com/luutru/files/46853964663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcsklife.com/filespath/files/20210906234839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenhere.cn/upload/ckimg/files/202109030203338217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manorhair.com/uploads/files/202109140209447961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willettelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/12958809821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoybowlramenandpoke.com/uploads/files/45914203779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135960850bdd---56155556606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tulsarad.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/texavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajansnigde.com/resimler/files/47378435629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bb01570654---furoguzatadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614014d94dbb0---koduxodomapizegaxuxujixej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nadrozmerne-sklo.cz/uploads/dofurevuw.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_off0000e874.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE874 10524 bytes
SHA-256: 6e728f593dfd0d1a709987c21934c30b1d957dc5eccfadb5dfdf5b4eec78e6dd
font_01_sfnt_off00010064.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10064 17576 bytes
SHA-256: 7a1b7500615717a49a8fcf8034e8155898e8bb0fe05e3f5861c9fc44fecefd41
font_02_sfnt_off00012de2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DE2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1