Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8e2a05ac4b9dea3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

129.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 11:59:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 984809e240cc6834356ffbf6a5102515 SHA-1: ce548ba819f05f46027b0d0c6929b02ea518e84b SHA-256: a8e2a05ac4b9dea3c77124676866c94526604c4eec9be6021c20300dbc960bf9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities and redirecting users to malicious sites. The heuristics indicate the presence of a link farm on disposable hosting and compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://sysyanginguvenlik.com/uploads/files/513170944.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01d1556692cbf041434df4c6ee30eaeb/88490646228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tyextractor.com/d/files/36090835826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0099b4a8fb---20219690188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd68729b34---93334505215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://re-view.online/fckFiles/file/73299816714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fcl32p04776egfsvi484kkr75/remawixopupaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5c9a7cd52f---38915766292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7ebe50c77---laponukovudop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocreate.termall.pl/upload/fck/file/86603644666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holzweiss.at/71276853179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/46720849828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaatlanta.com/sites/default/files/file/nupezemanusuromenatoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761f407d539---57153285926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victoryelectricalsupply.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sagixemeromifepile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/ropifalejevunugabifemizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098f33f025fc---lorusekedupepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petribax.nl/userfiles/file/23145362952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hong-tour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210716_25D237833B27EA09.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmvt.cz/sites/default/files/95250335764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160896788175a5---pemezalumomalinemovogofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e0ef2ad76---4109940365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talaa-obour.com/webmisr/uploadwebmisr/file/rimutajobasimijutatuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotossc.pl/_files/file/ditezagigawuduzijokaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akademia-jedenastka.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/xomubuwofebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=woodrow+wilson+as+a+childPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00017ad9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17AD9 19252 bytes
SHA-256: 980a62f2d06238ad0e3e8cfa882cbb8708e52934a84b1e3d5eb2bf60a635f389
font_01_sfnt_off0001ad14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AD14 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001c52b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C52B 10316 bytes
SHA-256: b87b8ce33f63483e89cd13dce88157ccf9d8abb65a165647a0f6afb6be2941f0
font_03_sfnt_off0001dc53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1DC53 17448 bytes
SHA-256: c208b50ff2f02b37caeedcd81f85a85b7b17852514f7e392e6c937b27218fdb6