Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2ad0c2d790cee8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-09-13 22:00:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: eb18737567df06559a5d70760b794042 SHA-1: ca04116d7a9f195110e793030a14c48166f2e7cb SHA-256: a2ad0c2d790cee8eb2824a4c2d0441adcc2eccfa11a38170eeba0911f0213954
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection, indicating malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a 'Clipboard command execution lure' heuristic suggests the document is designed to trick the user into running malicious commands, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload. The numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, further support a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

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
  • 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://fundacionamigosdelmarcaribe.ong/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suvepelefuwase.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://girlstown.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48938497682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kavtas.com/images_upload/files/66519902804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarna-zapiekanki.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96653638580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oreoltour.ru/sites/default/files/file/61062390037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f03a169789---gosexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://123dvere.sk/files/file/rijomazakawobekufur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toshiteriyakiburien.com/uploads/files/51078434056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlafilm.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/jatizulixazopasovibivuziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.net/upfiles/2109112308148272002hbx4g.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdrum-music.com/uploads/ckfiles/files/89788030550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cartolmania.it/file/58559207575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iweldbot.com/ckfinder/pho/files/wojede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bfc02c23ac---ninenetedojabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tauben-buchmeier.de/kleinberliner-schuetzen/userfiles/files/somogekawupidamoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellina.pl/userfiles/file/mezepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hidramaco.com/files/files/rizuvananamil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/xezosatumefidakajisibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.sg/images/users/00000000/files/4569029934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58ab0279efcbf010263684f586f4f604/xiruri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamadona.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65799124274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35f3lq22po88uf58br5fufb4cl/69133135637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://griesvoegwerken.nl/UserFiles/file/2338015107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baocaosuhoatoc.com/luutru/files/dizefelomesilumuzasafigim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icoachyou.biz/images/ckeditor/files/92789252454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antichigelsi.it/userfiles/files/54523198721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=install+kali+on+chromebookPDF 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_off0000ef6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF6A 18928 bytes
SHA-256: f6753847d070fda3b1a5b93ad546cb1328960486a83d70d79f5f9436fb5d66a4
font_01_sfnt_off0001202f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1202F 10676 bytes
SHA-256: ffe7392351791a4677cdd8ea687a6172d26afc9cfc16e7c4bfa89fcd1dee3f33
font_02_sfnt_off00013878.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13878 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1