Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25706ea32f607a56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-07-02 04:00:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 55127c2ef1727a5115c8016d33f9de11 SHA-1: 34b2994c7706ffc9592154e9a25724046c1962cc SHA-256: 25706ea32f607a566f5020eda239aaa9257d70c4713085e4dab017679f4396b6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://modra-skola.cz/userfiles/file/73701794970.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://maynenkhiinverter.com/media/ftp/file/76482146173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ash-graphy.com/userfiles/file/gedifatazojivabip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b976731e134281403270e76d0b8e782/motafosop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiddenroots.org/clients/19739/File/pubugarajimekizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawaniint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42876294473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ef4092b1d---40194773765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ac97ee90f0650a1db6d44ae390cc122/gedaketamapukutazoliduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aac709adbe7---35541776739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prolocolidodisavio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10319199237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakif2a3azdub.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jafuvisowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vasezovazunenadiworaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.fr/userfiles/file/22457068064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2b00c1c1d---xigebudom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.celso.org/download/80963409247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e2c538d59---41304030496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seamacros.com/upload/file/jakimavigozunimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedreaminitiative.org/Content/Admin/uploads/files/jowivixegiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvuketoanvn.org/uploads/files/70683673562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a3fe8a0ebe---luxisavadaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6da9b5fa095d6bb2b4b75c02570b15d/38441590460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/44054026649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3f0c2c0ea806d77096e4df8d5ca1776/pebulutevetapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=sustainable+procurement+strategyPDF 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_off0000e6d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6D2 17168 bytes
SHA-256: 325b9cdaf0454df84dad70917dd9c23484c144719027e8d30bc680d07e1a4167
font_01_sfnt_off0001138b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1138B 11144 bytes
SHA-256: ec02583d91e7c43732824487abeba495ec89d2379730f29c03bf2fe8a1c559d5
font_02_sfnt_off00012d66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D66 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1