Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25a4b3f6e0b867ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 13:53:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: db39428a2100a6c58df0aed63d60b888 SHA-1: 70ee64461bada63005b0b562a3a09b0f53beec39 SHA-256: 25a4b3f6e0b867ac2b1e472605b0951e438db42ec37cce03e6cd647080625e16
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://atraba-holding.com/userfiles/file/fitakol.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ildong.org/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210812113606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/667a182a41bc92717102057b0b9441d0/rakudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bcc26a9bbf---rexibaxozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maconlux.lu/userfiles/files/36709802092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawaniint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66189174478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50273395788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldanang.vn/uploads/images/files/lijilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8d0b7a79a---3366078215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a8d36cd109---44784112902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamolenasnc.it/userfiles/files/lavekesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzdsbg.cn/uploadfile/1629127241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abef46e49e2---45219336730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bishnutoursandtravels.in/userfiles/file/7641356916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://willmarlakesarea2040.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21016473434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dancleland.com/img/upload/file/jatoladiwenatijekagob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ace1bec273---74029677965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjsprt.com/uploadfile/file///2021052516173919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcbc10cf9ed---74895641240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palet-school.com/files/files/fumotodulixegowotodikel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad969700355---lopolokijijobidapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sbsoftware.ro/admin/userfiles/file/xivemetaguvatoxikidoxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magogaralbamoble.com/galeria/files/47867312107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/763cbbae7b606d521d7d8e1e6427ef2b/lagas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=easy+heart+diagram+with+labelsPDF 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_off0000f16e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF16E 17860 bytes
SHA-256: a8054d2c5905dd20947d5b123aee693e9ee5773789a356e1fbde81f18b2058b4
font_01_sfnt_off00011f23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F23 10792 bytes
SHA-256: fe214a8942755cc6e6fbe37feccedf110a0ee62081730419fb3cd68029554fc4
font_02_sfnt_off000137dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137DC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1