Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1025af22cbc1aa88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 06:20:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: dc731dfb847215af7aac3be5820350f5 SHA-1: 1867f5da6894affd126a88d4e7c54f2f26a7cadf SHA-256: 1025af22cbc1aa887ec0059114107189492e6e97eb3a6ecda15934bd4c124876
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a large number of external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded JavaScript points to its use in executing malicious actions within the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bose+soundlink+micro+owner%27s+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/98296346233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watosaphotography.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/20210626_124900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghefoot.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/sefazenadidowagif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ut5bdrfhf2f1n9gruqf5se4nub/sakexevujorepebasel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9f29adf0a---pixuxuzefaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharma-tools.eu/galeria/file/73044494721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwninemile.com/uploads/files/lejidixatusejuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotoprint.lv/downloads/file/xotuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tessuno.com/upload/files/60d42b0e40ce4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://positiveforce.in/uploads/files/65429218121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alptw.com/images/files/judola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbcasagayathottam.org/assets/uploads/cms_images/files/guparemuvafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/67673161843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sainteuphrasia.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zopidobavuxomusezobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f4378e06da---xisaxexanujagenigigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a771793a3b92adc68e7e9466e66c20f/39301712395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090748db3468---kegavilapojanox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4ee59cb05---77374882717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fc5dfc46fe---zejojobedupuxulakene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ie9k08ho19m8bj1tefgspi69f1/20307768662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casinodanmarkjackpot.dk/userfiles/file/2211015385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ffce39f9b4---bonegapedebowej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleanenergy.mn/uploads/files/72533039950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e4e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCF8 10800 bytes
SHA-256: 9661c90013dde585f851984cdfa9e944615f4bf5b040cb9c32911c5d9d1663ce
font_02_sfnt_off000115eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115EB 17288 bytes
SHA-256: 9353768cf11413e843f2e35b30e34b3f19eca2f458362a0931d872f961c976cd

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