Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25931a9f078d795b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-08-15 12:24:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 1d3928756386bea707bac130e449fb0c SHA-1: 708d494ac4a0cfcaa8c8c2aa6a826677427e1f72 SHA-256: 25931a9f078d795bc164ead057638d04fec51b231b96ed22620548a7e43b2cba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting domains, likely to download further malicious payloads. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xisiwuzupo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://acryl-bg.com/userfiles/file/nufusebowabozokuzeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mls.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c27aaa559659433a4b4f677ed8d54108/dudevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/gebikonumiwejulofafup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentalrud.com/userfiles/file/fagoveku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schooldistrictservices.com/clients/f/f6/f6ab1571d2cdf5e569af7b76e288b17c/File/31573826872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cce861db86---91316599873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j38scjbhpold2t154j4ep0rkob/vawuxasimugudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samuiluxurytravel.com/Uploads/file/rotipekodunulujujavora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nada70.org/userfiles/file/76747419995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcth.pl/media/fck/file/9825641148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ip-golubev.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98300990742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d13639a5e9---wigapusovobonarev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/vovavanumovupek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8faab72a71b165b4b9f73d19e612ca1a/kagamelubuzurux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c94a11be42---74363300671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3473d9f5933fcfbde9506871712427a/revijoxizabogedelileva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khanikango.in/file/romimuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c22aa08b07f---ludedawofanuritunexobebew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ba963df245a7cb198c105250145d4c6/rufufukenupopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/noxusozurodixasuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=nba+live+mobile+hack+2020+apkPDF 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_off0000e188.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE188 10684 bytes
SHA-256: e2622f7bdb3f512a6678a4f7c02bbccfb7ca206d62a477bddbe51673c9dbedb1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9DD 16276 bytes
SHA-256: d9b01301ec59202fa9db6f67a425d711e115a49a27f198dbebda8e29cea2e2bd
font_02_sfnt_off0001240a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1240A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1