Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25c8ec15f535c772…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:05:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 24026efa216d56fa190814a952484ba7 SHA-1: ec7ed49127e7bd0e90d700026febde11cafb4975 SHA-256: 25c8ec15f535c772ae2e4af991a4b4e1968a4dfb2b6f2b24e58fa7e1834285ed
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a malicious PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79tudrqnqb7dh82o6a5tct5ff7/letuto.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072a577eaac6---lunobelibugivulomigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baybayankaauamo.com/clients/c/c9/c9e0f772d4a556598cfa564a27137582/File/5061122388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immsac.pe/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/bewelokajalozuvesezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e804f397581520d520c02b18ed118ad/babijizipef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me//files/4933749904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://havadisname.com/upload/ckfinder/files/jokomowiwitaromelinugibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweatrinserepeat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20939523084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6157ba335c---zukozotemokexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peisheng.org/uploads/ckfiles/files/612acc252dbff.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n5jmj5fd53h3ndtlg3pq2dtv69/9159803874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cf85d0f407dc1aff5397ea55c062a01/vovip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.llmhospital.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lozitavoxaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d34fc7462---sosojosokige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdlianyu.com/uploadfiles/file/zetalutaripiruwularire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d79659d6dac---jepenevufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vcshk3m6lgkdkt6p5el0j0v07c/gopesuwimuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnbcostaverde.it/userfiles/file/darerirak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makinsushi.com/uploads/files/xenofixuzowivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegman-kzn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57194704964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphamarino.kz/images/news/file/46771751103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associatedreclaimed.com/userfiles/files/20924623197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/tolodamuvumaguxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee6cd77a72e---jodawoxegisutib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=directv+package+lineup+pdfPDF 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_off0000bf6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF6A 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 878d1326fa8a98c8ef8e862a785ba76e3670dc2b98019079004552afc406118f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d822.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD822 14772 bytes
SHA-256: b643d0f95275f314c6a6ed43b311a511e87e6c2d249143d755b04a6556ca8409
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD52 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1