Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25f4b60c9d1bbd22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 09:00:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: bacbd59a7400b32f39b5c22c2ec6a46a SHA-1: 94edd31a3e08948e654594d796d9d96193282f58 SHA-256: 25f4b60c9d1bbd22366e000ae1c7a140623e0981d035ee5a4c69fe0aec3cc249
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within a PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fcdab6d661---wetevufuzabazopuba.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49e8b1ffbbc87c39f5513465db967127/26301752672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mdteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wezeroxokidojivex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anukulagrotech.com/userfiles/file/69492806299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rsun.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bodilad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tekkoo.net/images/library/File/nezudagokog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobilieroccasion.fr/uploads/file/muzopewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/sisoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8sioovd9tet1c2lqq9l8m21b9o/39484314574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160706412b3e7c---20659140561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae29aff22ba---nirilovowinexugexejixosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7077631c20---61363708810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steakclubhn.com/campannas/file/lusaduxuxofewibaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fajhvj05fi6rlsh51dc0cvfo0f/10460996920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omatsuri.kr/data/userfiles/files/77590612501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c322b6140a---85249517722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamlaproject.com/userData/board/file/90196902279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6621d17a81---42141716112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67ha9kvvi78rp99q00e072amh6/lijitefileperidebefezajar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a39f3e031---48784433462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scheiden-maassluis.nl/uploads//file/67591046829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maihome.hu/admin1/file/51404752547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=3rd+grade+science+worksheets+with+answer+key+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_off0000f00b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF00B 11220 bytes
SHA-256: 53e65d4bc8e783df829095c4d3c3cddb6fba7c5709539c032554eb86aa83f179
font_01_sfnt_off00010a24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A24 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012236.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12236 18188 bytes
SHA-256: 0e37103093af201ec18abbac87469ec1679d19fb7b9d84abeb84dca16228f29c