Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25d6aefcfc6130c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.5 KB Created: 2021-09-15 16:46:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 7534d9a68c5a3a30e60bc92b41bf53a0 SHA-1: c8c23dd4824590256759283e871500aad8bacb02 SHA-256: 25d6aefcfc6130c0435dc6b617f7d671b335cda7eb4b43fdc41980e605eb327b
244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external resources, some of which point to compromised WordPress sites. Heuristics indicate a lure for browser update installation and a password-protected archive, suggesting a multi-stage attack. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the execution of malicious code or redirection to further malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9787

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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 http://midospa.com/upload/files/wikes.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena.de/eros/userfiles/file/pivowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jerseybankruptcylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zinukerilibofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.ca/upload/editor/file/89547034605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136aaf488d82---sifuzogopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manorhair.com/uploads/files/202109022302028796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfavs.eu/userfiles/file/beluvinukuzojokejurorasam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/pirixuninawuzobudazep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitanova-cattery.com/upload/file/dalazojopilemigogexoduvuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonekarusa.com/contents/files/29307569441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsg-edinstvo.ru/userfiles/file/89369659066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eldmsh1.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24165839493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/361895205a96698020265f5b8b1ab4de/18651701811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cheesykeju.com/contents/files/32315734570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kozszemle.hu/uploads/files/winejomufogugufulajoluwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herve-coiffure.ci/files/sexota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://85560891.com/upfolder/e/files/20210901224426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loscogliodifavignana.it/userfiles/files/kikolulow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velkoobchod-man.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tiwotevez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorapizza.it/userfiles/files/76730649170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newshop.jp/archive/file/xesobize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgwealthplanner.com/crm/files/wotatixabenuxabofigubase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olddieselparts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/saposibin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isigakizima.net/img/tmp/file/fogaxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j304buhthkfpvmcnavmpb0jeo6/60393861550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibangnhadat.com/uploads/files/8533155974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandp-engineering.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pitametidifebof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=android+os+for+windowsPDF 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_off000126bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126BD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013ecf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ECF 18208 bytes
SHA-256: a585bfb0b869e13ab6ce7afa4879910bbc7ea74fe675f92bc90eea32c40e5e9e
font_02_sfnt_off00016e4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16E4D 9976 bytes
SHA-256: 63654345cbee463a6e9793aa4961ad0182d80e95e0bcc635c3a0ec0a53b251d7