Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25840acfdc0d4eeb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 12:47:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e573fd70a8a4963f72a8207adaa1e4b6 SHA-1: 52311a1399fe83c2023ee539b058faff0a3aaafd SHA-256: 25840acfdc0d4eebb15c915e8463b41d1d114e88b137be63640f49b76487ed9b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+characteristic+odor+of+pineapple+is+due+to+ethyl+butyrate PDF link annotation
    • http://dgjst.com/upfile/file/jewedim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61287449121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrspk.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nemupusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba986d9129e---mebug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-krasnogorsk.ru/upload_picture/file/fekarovabinav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/pipapavoxifuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69c2a2e5d0d1c4246658facb530f4906/jazuribefipoxedogip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.huescalamagiaenfotos.com/userfiles/files/36281052029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--z4qq44i.xn--kpry57d/upload/actfiles/17677423801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/rurusiresudelalas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletmodguru.hu/files/files/vugokosokorokiwomapipen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tratedu.net/ssss2018/assets/143ad273/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/userfiles/files/08bf9226716dbfc1bdc2906d00aa7e1d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080dbf4abc1d---xibajiwozamuxori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bec97f7e680---tugeputuzozis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c5b42bd613330d9ec5b2dc09110fee5/22921458354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ph2020.org/FCKeditor/file/nagasezubopiminunifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160975164ea45e---folexurobebura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdsns.ru/userfiles/file/98325256316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce81174cb28f5d6d59e4883bee1360f7/xakunakisexuxazenokopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savitapiti.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jatizaromilodeperakuwawol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/72962298554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/978d6d1716b05453107a0182f3265538/ziloginevimoxanajar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000fb45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB45 11036 bytes
SHA-256: 8e76ec8b63eb666e116f7f254df933c6dd090bbbbcf45491370a27d2b1ddf738
font_01_sfnt_off000114af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114AF 17840 bytes
SHA-256: b9415d1a5fb5ce0231dbb4643ff74894159a18350bb744db8c09f5a8860aae60
font_02_sfnt_off0001433f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1433F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1