Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1925ba630d91b2e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-09-15 22:45:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 12226717203eb467bd979595ef60b360 SHA-1: 6b27c1d7014a3384453e61243dc0853b13e3a560 SHA-256: 1925ba630d91b2e56c4b9dc15ff715d37149eaf28a820d31bbf3d37e80ba06cc
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading a password-protected archive. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb43514740---42033447896.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.mediawerf.nl/bundles/store24backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/widowatebokabibisopogis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highlevel.pl/userfiles/file/zeruwofazafutij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeat.ru/var/files/53921908227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trips-in.com/ckupload/files/29425956606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141da7a5ca75---naxiburixodozuguxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://podereilmontaleo.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/gonatigapukizarajif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gs-hemeringen.de/ablage/userfiles/files/93452973568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kozelsk-adm.ru/files/uploads/files/84537856162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worshipedia.mobi/sites/default/files/file/48364241667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volker-issmer.de/userfiles/file/vexotiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonacentromedico.es/files/galeria/files/5028880538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gatewayhotelbangkok.com/upfile_hotel/files/82000269594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f82508179a---pibelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26brcbj6t1jfhupcosogiecmm3/lamekaweferafoxaled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infas.cz/images/wiswig/file/lagotavuduxetifuzaziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atpl.aero/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18854974017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superlitefan.com/uploads/files/xuxosaxutuvunidogen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzperson.com/uploadfile/files/98915820495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanfuconstruction.com/ckfinder/upload/files/7046810663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocariola.com/userfiles/files/juvalevuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosritual.su/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dipobobobolafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ec6fe80e49---70502517619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pop-around.com/file_media/file_image/file/79301094685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldgreiner.de/userfiles/file/xipikixujiwokokono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=remove+password+from+pdf+using+chromePDF 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_off0000c8b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8B4 17384 bytes
SHA-256: 83d2a02f5f15c1de7e6afabab3455330bcfbe3f89597bfd36b4fbfc1c0cf4310
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5E0 11220 bytes
SHA-256: 8f90e9a143d9cc05d73908e55845aa08c6715d0049ad0ac6657e9aaa65312ee4
font_02_sfnt_off00010fd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FD0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1