Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6a2ab9368ad0c81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-19 00:09:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 752e6c9db8e2e6a4670e645a766c450d SHA-1: 65bbbb70016529246a99bb7a02a8882106da4220 SHA-256: a6a2ab9368ad0c81c02b50466acc4e8515b97f954492f9ae4aab3070b69c971c
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It includes multiple links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates a potential for client-side exploitation or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b2ea5614f1---20833910176.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://slhospital.com/upload/fckeditor/file/88181380631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135dac688513---74823767853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgs-on-track.com/app/webroot/userfiles/file/lojejaxuwodefewibig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideatity.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29838764460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketphatthinh.vn/upload/files/49148500770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhavalaya.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuxipurezufane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariabilancino.it/userfiles/files/59309183958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/beaa33f727b349a4864e2b8b62b9a7fc/fosolin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chinese-wall.tw/upload/files/wevimoreti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artepcb.com/upload/files/zawoganajasovojodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyptsuntours.com/userfiles/files/dudiforeritumezutizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halongwave.com/userfiles/file/jodafase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://levant-tekstil.com/other_files/File/51872909929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614439cc6c917---puwesiti.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://suma.ca/upload/editor/file/3987579223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/nuxalariteveperug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madinagirls.com/easydo%20v2.00/files/uploads/nejevezilobagowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalmicrofinancesummit.org/userfiles/files/wazosika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24cvety.ru/upload/files/76581686665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topbondtape.com/uploadss/file/tabesafedebibaletenoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomanzella.com/userfiles/files/90405217043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/79746079773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prepearl.com/uploadsfile/40538272729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.org/img_duhoc/files/27815722345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aow.infogestnet.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/solapetukagomufoleji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iberia-ex.com/images/blog/file/bumoboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=stop+auto+download+whatsapp+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_off0000dbce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBCE 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 2dfc7b4da7e71e1a38a971ec8f92c429d4c45a9017a126a6113b3267cf3b5739
font_01_sfnt_off0000f429.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF429 17832 bytes
SHA-256: 473f0319842c320fc45a744855d1fc1da4e303d4d3c548f1f3f997419b4bb403
font_02_sfnt_off000121b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121B6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1