Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2a8052181a63f98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-08-15 01:51:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 8c146e8e7a270144e457a785cb5e3ef6 SHA-1: 796e6c5f28f7af18118c2b64c3e0a018f4555fde SHA-256: a2a8052181a63f9877ef2566fd34602ce664b8ed65b7699b177e5859cf37df4c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to host malicious payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan. The embedded links are designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9bae6a1c7bd6fb5d05bba05b866cf56/19430867907.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbf1740db53---gixupaxakapelor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c76c03d31a---xekiferufofotomex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15eb441b51---34254404130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609079f1f0c44---powepisabasofatujupikefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bbcd96f356---11172633672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiovizia.com/webroot/img/content/files/24758652584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ski-experience-japan.com/images/blog//file/jasuxaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dda1f90a96---10839275411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kkc1.org/htdocs/cljr/data/files/91118265012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/74988866878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://devcons.org/uploads/userfiles/files/zirotigef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4c8330825cd08dab47a7c268a074584/41288751271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7eb28dfaafe7455d5b5140f89578fb6c/fukabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngoctraithaibinhduong.com/uploads/news_file/25863113537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://project-lovcen.me/userfiles/file/kuzuvidaradogizijogavuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thestarbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210803_818C237C7C4C82AD.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/elpujdarl83162kkaa9o33je72/52942980739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cda34a320151849c980439f57702c06e/senij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/tafagetujisewedubemoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sintellect.ru/Repository/file/20223954263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a27da37474---ganukokaxudumisopagib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsonconstruction.net/userfiles/file/wazazasitojenumojurawuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=the+brief+bedford+reader+12th+edition+pdf+freePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ef3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF3B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010752.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10752 10656 bytes
SHA-256: b3f6a87fa4e0c00298482fe13a7d8e5324cb26b2bb74e38cb84e9d8e5d3f07f8
font_02_sfnt_off00011f7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F7A 16776 bytes
SHA-256: 9bff259ba55e5197b85804ba7837d9fd6df480b7910399c91ad8b9b1a4266a3a
font_03_sfnt_off00014afd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AFD 1636 bytes
SHA-256: e3a1ca7fbcde87b6e2bc585668cff1a50452d2a09c95c546c16e9f90aebd6500