Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2d2377bb6da3128…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 11:27:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: fd458b2b9f0bdd61e94d42e67ca19431 SHA-1: 467582169f76b89612b7f2119fae2d526d60bb30 SHA-256: a2d2377bb6da312829dbf2eb1261de3215986174ba0fd731b13112b762d738e1
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, including links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://nileagriculturalindustries.com/file/jonexakofanemomozudulodu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://diagnosticaedilizia.com/userfiles/files/30207828862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mananthavadynorbertines.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vujukev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mchs.kz/userfiles/File/ribanosexegujisomozozijod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137eba5f1402---sotokutemij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gitteszoneklinik.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xudimelaxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelbasantresidency.com/uploads/tagalegisakebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linhquan-group.com/upload/ck/files/xunafurovamuperux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/647fcb6873560a9954a80105c06026e3/57428173813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a51268dc9a---15357643663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://087334211.kad.tw/kads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83910943606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canoeing.by/pics/files/dopawamuravezegozilavugat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rehahomecare.com/upload/editor/files/jokuxuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hippocratio.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60865706862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mashura.co/userfiles/files/76638918787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pascalparrot.com/uploads/assets/file/gapono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insureavisitor.com/userfiles/file/tinakumugenasemiregono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wecans.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/zisobuxuxexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samavetpharm.com/userfiles/files/74371509135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hieuchuan.com/upload/files/nituxagagikusexagipejiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlato-invest.cz/upload/files/77516594554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theclubburger.com/uploads/files/34020240363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttc-investco.com/img/files/81500981640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141e2bfa92a6---80724369341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=new+fmovies+proPDF 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_off0000dad2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAD2 18164 bytes
SHA-256: 46fac121cf85a30f3b5531e598265518cf5304bf4fc006abceed280fd657785f
font_01_sfnt_off00010921.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10921 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012138.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12138 10236 bytes
SHA-256: c0f2e7816d425077c3afe800ef384552612d22d0383d6e782e600dd61262791d