Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2a9a5d9ce29af57…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-08 09:57:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 669fe0c03327311f6ac660dad7f68e0a SHA-1: 8a7b9533904635e5742d828892a6b9e8e4b59ab4 SHA-256: a2a9a5d9ce29af57afbaf5a3404b7d9fca55cebea5640a0e9e82744f6e62d0a8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The presence of numerous external URIs, including those pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicates a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=larry+king+credit+secrets+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/betosojomodunijelid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unicorn.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/divikiwubudapapusojil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/kikejanewarimowepapix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remproekt-m.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jafupotox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16ab39b0305301d74431eb9806ead6cc/57759442954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rotudavid.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wimejidaxasaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.florentmaussion.net/userfiles/File/92855446436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa8ab50586245403280532aa2efe6022/lofibepileba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moniimpex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160905b9d9ae6a---bilud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f15075e63f668481767b64056d896932/wesukurebikatedit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://octapus.vn/images/uploads/files/4385915786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b75a4e946d7---xivajuxudaninepulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/89906523249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nomorecpapmachine.com/userfiles/files/95883209094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af02167b45c1759ae6ba11e5f0dfc091/wogaxilefumaxatozezorubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letresorellebio.it/userfiles/files/63053062300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607071d7d102b---38955394440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9467666dbe5a6e2a92ac6ec03482b02e/29779457851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070966419bbb---mepawiminumepaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://damoorefamilyreunion.com/clients/7/71/71c8bb141a0941b69292984b9770a174/File/47797377890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gsacademy.ge/uploads/files/1529807964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9bdae237b3c6835776f94607ed3bf33/fesitinit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riasztoszolnok.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/tesodolope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mintedimages.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60080632440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/57232269719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horacebatten.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kufozozelerudatubokuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artbynela.com/uploads/file/zipusifipiradavugejax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8316c348ee---zagakujimazifamapemobig.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_off0000e53f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE53F 18116 bytes
SHA-256: 359a4679384d3d03fddf0f947b01ec2a9ca6b30e046d844443b186b38bb58910
font_01_sfnt_off0001143e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1143E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012c55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C55 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 268afc574f2894d6f35c02c0419e002552048425e133d5db2da545b92aa496ac