Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25fe0c81fc830fdd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-09-15 16:01:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e046e6453b004246186d2d845b05e915 SHA-1: cdfe78485e2f35abc6a0ef3f06235f265603f90c SHA-256: 25fe0c81fc830fdd93f7a180e2bd78aabfbab88b665f63db405987846bd9cbf1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms and compromised upload storage, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://vhshf.de/File/66668499373.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d014802c01809301025566c68ff0f26/jikajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--12cmi2byac9cdhd0hra6d7bxkwbgj1gch.com/user_img/files/fuzalofixabiporimupuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shipgo17.com/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuwugaxovapufize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mp2020.csysadmin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40277145253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkaufs-akademie.com/userfiles/file/42871223905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marsanz.pl/uploads/fck/file/42370874330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kemxoithanhhang.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/lisire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markmont.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/zunuvexunijurabutobol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonaparte-kerkrade.nl/fckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/file/vedupizozibibeferodore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riminabda.sk/userfiles/file/zizavun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdjshg.com/files/file/lejavikis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141731cb7342---dapenalav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletvital.hu/uploads/files/ruteruwovogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xingyeknitting.com/userfiles/files/nejanuxonutalifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kyousei-fukushi.or.jp/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xirikimafab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ff9d22be5959147c9d9adb2e608642e/39558070003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creptiles.dk/userfiles/file/82949962944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valleyrentals.com/userfiles/file/72574298069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibangnhadat.com/uploads/files/mimuzirasapavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frankifoto.com/uploads/pages/files/sanoraxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tempegaring.com/contents/files/31987417608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hkha.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46870668359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://codefon.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48133625717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132a7cebd2fd---9581103522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/61060438302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49bb3a2c567e9006baa2addbed4d838a/wukuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=dragon+city+mod+downloadPDF 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_off0000eec1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEC1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000106d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106D3 18276 bytes
SHA-256: 41a6bd277f12e719ab1106ff0143625d896f3ec1402014d39a839b5736116e6c
font_02_sfnt_off00013627.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13627 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 77b5e6c47e35617bf6d292211a9370cd49dbcd3a92a58329b892596461be6d46

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