Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2025cbc7b11ed9d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:48:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: a117df53bcad7af4ed6d9941485a9fa3 SHA-1: 21266c6af20137061961c37a8c6be4909946ac4a SHA-256: 2025cbc7b11ed9d01e43183598011fd2ffde2ad8339087be740226cc6884da95
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code. The heuristics indicate that the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to multiple compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or malware. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://rcvizovice.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61151333471.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cac3c5c02067389f11a5fbc703b740e1/tabuwexojog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-eko.eu/files/file/nopupagajemofotobologozub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608754abe61e8---20491355414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2kat.ru/userfiles/file/47877961459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c873f188bd4f20dd88e5805fabf17ad/zonojopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4fefdb9521---kovitali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestapp4u.com/admin/uploadedfiles/file/4959314926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bkb9e7k8qd7j458lkdg79sd5m2/masoxomipokigepejode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/netupomifonix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://douzonebnf.com/upload/file///vomamezolisuxiwisafej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakhoanhanai.com/images/files/9705824205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autodepotperformancegroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34l8q2u857is9ceb442pae1h1e/telufezujosivurudunatep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ammk.sk/userfiles/file/zujudawelakawusamabexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b1174b84ab5aec53efedb4761036e3d/75473938945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6ed28577c5---mitipelenopojulalukudek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/24746578966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jvk7bel6bpk78jhf755vr9vq82/nuxenajarusubifubugiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/udt9l3sq6096paujehds3cqo85/kamifezupukixoxevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075941f52795---42525870666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timesofbangla.com/uploads/files/6933978638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c02631d2ebe24445fd2e93bb64bba47a/58517061393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612953bb06106---lujadibener.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9083419d9c---30660406868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaonhaphatphap.com/images/uploads/files/zoziresesarajuxosewax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=political+theory+textbook+pdfPDF 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_off0000c704.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC704 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000df1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF1B 10892 bytes
SHA-256: da28d7bd54ff664472386df2d007229d8af07b974a2c696e1ddee3ef7a25c199
font_02_sfnt_off0000f83e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF83E 18096 bytes
SHA-256: 362440d244e7c63aacae4421f2b26379a8d4df45b7a76a3056afdc7f2fecc271