Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2e9adf3db3f39b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.9 KB Created: 2021-08-08 08:10:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 4fcc899692a224a2009e6f99c58e5c4c SHA-1: 039a580998ace7711f5554e16367095b1517ec08 SHA-256: a2e9adf3db3f39b7f93d4c0c01097c3e232888250c62d77dc1d3e4bea2c7edaf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The document contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish users. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple external URIs indicates a strong intent to redirect the user to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://observatoire-omic.org/documents/file/85310499768.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab62b6ab295a0c7309398af45bc7b6e4/kefuromajulanox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8e01ae919fd20b09a8d959c32ad0069/pofepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzycznescyzoryki.pl/userfiles/file/38151304690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativenursery.net/home/creative/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80573053008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebankcardservices.com/uploads/files/99324400561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mokhalasati.com/userfiles/files/teduxasebiwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2209b708ac43e69a7021461bca2f784d/68869953079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6d67a145a64f09f6f73d2a0d14d166b/gibikigijorifugaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce675dc773b9e03cf4166a73246fc1a1/bigibudozilezomuguxikuwik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://x-site.by/upload/editor/files/88893675639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h4tjf2pnrhr429vq9o4rv34j81/xutidawaxupafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/fonaseselibidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-dolgoprudny.ru/upload_picture/file/pilapita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elbag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7efb3b675450a7cf6d36fb1ccd2cd511/lifeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vfj1hdrs27h63ihfqe8knmu296/59886705411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103d25c38dcf---tigigosomasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rilta.net/userfiles/files/zaviwoxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/nanukuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c3a573884---34179495049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandviewgroupresort.com/upload/files/53800668847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prota.ru/upload/files/96417146879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrzservices.com/uploadfiles/file/32222326581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160882ded91beb---61577613777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///202182214399843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878f3de1595---1435326741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=command+and+conquer+tiberium+alliances+tipps+und+tricksPDF 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_off00011193.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11193 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000129a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129A5 20960 bytes
SHA-256: c7900f0088d1fee823b7431444ffc7205b486730faa74b488fd91941e0a07a6f
font_02_sfnt_off00015f5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15F5B 11184 bytes
SHA-256: 75a20b8914efef374370bc84df9f6933a23d87ad2caf6966b2579dcafb8ec8ad