Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25fc275a9a46bfff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-09-27 14:04:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: fd41c17993519cbf458395281044ba71 SHA-1: 129b2a078d0d31809d4c8d587da576e940ebf65b SHA-256: 25fc275a9a46bfff74a3be8ede7b1ee5978d520b0588019e30023b99b1e23bcf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish for information. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://ricettebiagi.it/uploads/assets/file/xawiwasenuwexanasapen.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614771bd516c8---81427625978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anapharmata.hu/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/musisofitasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ss7a3ourpteevpme6nnlkj1d7/31002428739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zechnerbau.at/images/content/files/39204212125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhondadejean.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/70616544993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hankaebertova.cz/userfiles/file/batudixuwogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://algarestofos.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8083794507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenlakepaint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vefupobinolol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02e87fd272f7d5e842a7394611bb454b/siwixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stradatextiles.com/upload/ckfinder/files/darenadelasumupenakivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://campfun.myhost888.com/upload/ckeditor/files/tekutojaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/90334731985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinavaron.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tekuniwudel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2bet.com/contents/files/lavawemukigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakefruit.com/uploads/files/202109151236402092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leresto-niort.fr/images/userfiles/files/wezugokuxuxati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beveragesgs.com/userfiles/file/fafukejasewuduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecompletecontact.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85826859681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphonedown.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vixakasidoruluzimikatitab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0924055971.com/uploads/files/202109110147406649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161485bf17dae1---98797788079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614776ab5b128---duwofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gabk76mp3p2s1j99hn1hku8600/mujetetejamegake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=wild+rift+early+access+download+apkPDF link annotation
    • http://forum-auto.ru/data/files/57861165470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b22b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB22B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA42 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 94b8239f9b6103f8a723e47419bd03e9c0a08d9c129b16836f62bca8870f38a9
font_02_sfnt_off0000e3a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3A4 14484 bytes
SHA-256: 35662cad5c75120b8c141608d435946579d5a5eba51b032551c4fcbcaf70729d