Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 225387d20b34d579…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 23:25:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9dca738250e00424567d517394caa68e SHA-1: 5b494d4b29f571d5b7f74f68b3f0aa115e1b2b8f SHA-256: 225387d20b34d579c332d3cc506ff432a9f56b87c1da1bfa5700539e0af8e06c
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a payload via a deceptive button. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it is used to facilitate the malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://kapsalonvogue.nl/files/file/wusapinedovewisaluko.pdf
    • https://varbackaforskola.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/getisav.pdf
    • http://longvu.vn/Images_upload/files/72076214363.pdf
    • http://j-club.eu/userfiles/file/68169406584.pdf
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4uk7ig2ncc425t40m66pavbs54/jikusamuxexus.pdf
    • http://serdceprirody.ru/userfiles/file/43208360297.pdf
    • https://univerosg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88181901634.pdf
    • http://factory-01.com/js/upload/files/litipaduz.pdf
    • http://slovoveri.org/userfiles/wajovigilit.pdf
    • https://hilanguage-com-tw.triangle-design.com/files/67012195668.pdf
    • http://cementfeet.com/userfiles/file/xaparikogejip.pdf
    • http://architettomontanino.eu/userfiles/files/77303107762.pdf
    • https://mytopics.it/uploads/file/73546460196.pdf
    • http://megatex-plast.ru/pub/file/19722129719.pdf
    • http://hnkingdee.cn/Files/file/20219820439.pdf
    • http://clingac.com/d/files/gimebitegap.pdf
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3q76v34qioi7u2ncha4q584sg/92690498888.pdf
    • http://futurepoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pigezinuwabimogilobi.pdf
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138123ac1ce6---27153489546.pdf
    • http://alconsprom.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gigapaporogegoj.pdf
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614528c00eee9---30828944208.pdf
    • http://eros-arena.com/eros/userfiles/file/96004422698.pdf
    • http://xn--brneneskontor-landsforening-b0c.dk/userfiles/file/sozexeziba.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=phone+companion+for+pc
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000de3a.bin
3c4c0197433d4838ebb540904fdea73dc8514a40b8fe7f687737945fef10e6d9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE3A 10436 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f599.bin
32003d40592232119f98b3ad58f211d0c28562c80a66d1b70a207f28f71cf98d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF599 17560 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000122ce.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122CE 16792 bytes