Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10def25eecad10fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 21:59:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3b16880ae9993dc946732873d1c9c1b7 SHA-1: 2fd029525fd358a11a5a334535c1a88475ec1f83 SHA-256: 10def25eecad10fc32718cd2ad56fabd2ffb6d51c7350de6496fa798ac1fc77d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for redirecting users to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af52ff821ae---wabofibopufubuvaluzij.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.algeos.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21525976421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salocchi.it/userfiles/files/lidapuxakotanajubigezitat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711622b3a92---75237765765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1cbb59b7e5---60951128567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612853be63e92---terojoguriban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hostmegasoft.com/calisma2/files/uploads/41732598525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oxfordjsr.com/userfiles/file/pezobazasumozazaterubuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c15db9b06e8---48132429463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b707110710---51324374266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072251c0b290---60058551099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unsersohn.ch/images/file/nepeviwewovanidas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09f68884f08205a96610ef81aa3f3560/8051520534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graveyards-fuj.ae/userfiles/files/womulisida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongduong.net/Images_upload/files/52460360770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083e241eb9ec---95461197861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad09505ea64---64499052201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://led7.ru/file/56568293676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://washlounge.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gelosamenelarasowus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tulexijir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://office-agglo-larochelle.fr/userfiles/file/8928030554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075176ba3d1a---wotofagubebaxemakif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onfireinteriors.com/userfiles/ranazufazusibuvotunod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32912oupi94u6qfi7vdheqes67/37496472702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moskvaznaet.ru/upload/files/mowavojerup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=moldy+bread+experiment+worksheets+freePDF 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_off0000ce17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE17 17100 bytes
SHA-256: ddfaaac6f0ecdf9bfc3a3359da59c66703415fd8f8027cf2c098d66dcf0eeb77
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA5D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011274.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11274 11292 bytes
SHA-256: ecf879b3d09df8b72b1135e41ac26265c93710bca5d0bc21634360cb6d9204b7