Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25a3c1a8ec57cf4a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:18:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 85be51e13e9ca3cf64ba51344aefaf34 SHA-1: ecd9f3d027570f1fa332df06937433e01143c0f8 SHA-256: 25a3c1a8ec57cf4a4d6e882ea970953c42a749acd49eca2142296ecc5b8f53be
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. It also features numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://magatek.com/documents/file/11661251442.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jpbullies.com/clients/2/2c/2c827f09d77a589c2c5c7da8c033a3f4/File/31572402534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/file/61916840709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o0emes6hq4vjdltni9gg7e4gv3/10616213605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/89758312349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baptistfriends.org/media/jedoxevalobelanek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce5546308dd0e7f438e9e7ee7385f451/9962034672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithattamphuong.com/upload/files/21293677540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardenofsound.com/userfiles/files/63395556980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capesociety.ca/uploads/files/60135565019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/652al1ik5l85hqs65alk3obdi8/81313278390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio5r.com/userfiles/files/79469669078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1180bb7abb016e5be0f002ba0bd36277/fuwebevavewobufuzoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://office-agglo-larochelle.fr/userfiles/file/81095724476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sjamsul-hidajat.id/ck_uploads/uploads/files/24920137068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cec-intl.ru/app/webroot/files/file/54289252423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/dojiledupazinojinosepire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/loq6gl2sl29k1dprhbjrekac49/46001740693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mm-podium.ro/userfiles/file/ditapesavovixuvugezada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c49a1b4dd5a---badegozirisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.net/contents/files/tibanigugox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abandassociates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12188781039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa8e8b58913---62978582564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=translated+bengali+books+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000ce46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE46 20772 bytes
SHA-256: 574ce00ad3ecc8fe910754a01565b8bc11373d1a910c3cdbd0cce1b39c058f00
font_01_sfnt_off000104af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104AF 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 3406ed058214ebcce37d5e6f028e5d50975b91781fa92732a06cc752c31f0d98
font_02_sfnt_off00011ddc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DDC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1