Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25d8a2ea3a252884…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-19 04:03:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9ca7cce9b2c32ba5274590e3cb4e368c SHA-1: 92f7d0c968fd56868797e7f5bdb72e36df897a14 SHA-256: 25d8a2ea3a2528844a42d4427021f0062edf410e8956b56734a913a30a267e55
72 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains. These links appear to be part of a link farm designed to obscure the true destination, likely a malware download. The presence of PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the download or execution of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.3353

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://schokozentrale.de/idata/36413544124.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gyogytornasz.hu/editor_up/delewawewanal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makenie.com/upload/files/65611403985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yksskj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94786745460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hausbaumesse.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88054128010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.comperat-89.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pozanamol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gccpuv2au2m68uodrvdlbpk0l7/majif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bzsoftware.com/Images_upload/files/18109255334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accapierre.it/userfiles/files/wejegegavelaruna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59481bc89aef59eb642ad029c81bd8de/60454541426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heryeryesil.com/resimlerfiles/98249160629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homestationrealty.com/userfiles/files/73174345714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiyastyle.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fabivimuwasevonogopubode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dialogueinpraxis.net/files/docs/55130612652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokaichenyu.com/upload/files/36499237185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://invision.buzyhub.com/files/64342327087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mab-solutions.fr/upload/file/51381616453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tungafilm.com/dorceiys/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84778457161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161467cc1bd857---10138945913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsinteriordesigner.com/userfiles/files/83371408407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azbuka-d.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tupawarosulitowuribid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bfa8a1dad7---bezubigapitos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thelifelesson.net/home/tappingchanges/public_html/dowalumniusa/ckfinder/userfiles/files/levilamoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shepardinteriordesign.com/rw/upload/file/52274809990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feynburg-uhren.de/uploads/92227174513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=download+resident+evil+4+android+fullPDF link annotation
    • http://alessandrotria.altervista.org/areap/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lalivux.pdfIn 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_off0000d2d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2D9 10680 bytes
SHA-256: 43014600ca55f9ece56fee64b7b1b9e571d49907a936c4a5e08fcedab24ef80f
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB93 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000103a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103A5 18036 bytes
SHA-256: e44f48c305c5851bba7534fb625f7d27d221347e40dd618963b127953d7125d1