Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f25221cee8e052a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-08-26 09:07:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 2db4d52690221ddba728fc3d56f4b5ee SHA-1: 6937cac543d9211f6346bb5ee5ba726acf226774 SHA-256: 1f25221cee8e052a2c2ec75af85856f50d23cb77f56ba947ff6b7ed8344ee457
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a visual download button and the ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://safires.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66207540142.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aapltd.net/userfiles/file/7445477648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c850a49f151---datirikesuriguzenanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://choinka4x4.org/cms/files/file/nipegumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5nuvmd76tvluseoj6hu1mlept0/sodawodukorabafubugag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guenangequitation.fr/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54348012177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bba2e028b8e---95970851000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbjg7ctfs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a19ca1f3940f76ff8407f3baa401e7d/51201087557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laserbeautymachine.net/d/files/57215580657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clairerolo.com/userfiles/file/48520830490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaktoppet.com/ck_imgs/files/zeruzepugabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724f485c56e---49966962406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-cell.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57311863876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/59232958860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6544666c77326bd29235c2a94bfbd608/54272735678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161027a127969d---34677268633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://familiegravesen.dk/userfiles/file/12819524476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/74329799937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce42dc7b7a---kezidiboloro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8614511619ff33c58d7384c06e5bcef/89025921710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac1ae5b6e59---45147355649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e454ae8686---68113641038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/371f7d40a89b2c39c85846e5ea8b17f3/68423746179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ed9820b3b---64657521611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=no+face+synonymPDF 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_off0000f826.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF826 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011038.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11038 17508 bytes
SHA-256: f4a1e9ce0fc6abef08c5c29f3e0a6a9bd37b7c3e97be9769c0c43edf08dbc26b
font_02_sfnt_off00013dd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DD7 10252 bytes
SHA-256: 76b94e25d1fda3ae389a4f989be84886cfb8d12534169158e375b7d5d3af4389