Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2efdfa8c49bffb0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.4 KB Created: 2021-10-01 07:27:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 2bd4d6610137807b172e505b30c0e83c SHA-1: 3ae057d7108351a2b04aae0a3042507a064aab50 SHA-256: a2efdfa8c49bffb0cace6201bb4a1d75704cc7813a659ad7efd4d172f57ce94a
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and IP addresses, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, but the presence of embedded scripts and the overall structure strongly indicate a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://steklo-shik.ru/userfiles/file/lotabavilakosi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://waycreon.net/bhaskar/yii/upload/files/pepuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e7771c057d---28075311851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b01a8876b3---55122539315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hwangtosidae.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/86094615244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kastely-vacduka.hu/fileok/file/gorasagamusijedeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42499172234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6hcot91ib2fl3q0ga2b5nbslh0/60444106374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lasantitosrestaurant.com/userfiles/file/tewaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pujcovnanaradi-tvarozna.cz/userfiles/files/80097469967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erpsamik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56983867636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/egqvdee54vplf2rbolg40e8j61/1120664521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140535c8d3b9---pamoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriazabalburu.org/azaba/files/file/23902298925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/jiwexoduliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangphong.vn/uploads/image/files/tasidafuputakawug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://futsalcb.cz/picture/vtextu/file/nidugeparofamodotujarike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azizavacanze.com/userfiles/files/3417947218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615057df3121a---82258898260.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://eptesteplelek.com/uploads/file/wawezerefikemafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stilna-ya.com/_userfiles/file/80330885890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingegneriarossi.it/userfiles/files/vesubedunovorogudiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khambenhxahoi115.com/images/files/jogavat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+move+my+stuff+from+android+to+iphonePDF 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_off0000af74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF74 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 362b76590c3d3e2728ae9152d428b36c0cef1e27a7c461f939710e27a66e71f3
font_01_sfnt_off0000c917.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC917 13932 bytes
SHA-256: 7b86067c6afee33606a9d257e179271f0e8b21bb2b79f235a2234db091fca769
font_02_sfnt_off0000ebc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBC6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1