Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 725d2612e993862a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-09-15 09:20:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6f0469d7a02c8f2dac59684cef1ed4d4 SHA-1: a976f37fc57508b8d84aed5aa97e20fe5ef112ef SHA-256: 725d2612e993862a8f3670bfe01f34b6e6fd88035d33e793c51fc5544e50327b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. This script likely redirects the user to external URLs, as indicated by the numerous PDF_URI and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, pointing towards a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://sjanzee.nl/file/wuzagekosazi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vecsecity.info/editor_up/82290708969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stowarzyszeniemalyksiaze.eu/img/upload/files/22473597387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ab1cb8a718---50543295300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbemnkjd7bfu.xn--p1ai/design/img/upload/file/xujamufajumuwipifikitodiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.org/contents/files/57895903368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanga.asia/userData/board/file/zowajexokukafizumabamij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitsiluet.cz/data/file/77630025856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.domosystem.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nesonemeruzinik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f8ec338b86---8777036449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancars.eu/uploads/edytor/file/gizimuwolominisoraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sifapbs97gjv0lpgpi9on6mrq2/tinimasisipev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hunde-katzen.at/soubory/vawofisusijinamirefafinow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangtaoad.com/uploads/userfiles/file/92586132241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmik-kinoteatr.ru/sadm_files/wiledexakevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsp-oblspl.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9840238646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamwalibais.com/userfiles/file/12166199512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cisseo.net/userfiles/files/porolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icbacademy.com/upload/files/kasotuxinulitidenosigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://powerfalcon.net/uppic/files/fukirakodod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161369eb55ab51---kubafodatujube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/jogidubanudedikajedozuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schroniskoorzechowce.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73074470724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=winter+soldier+putlockerPDF link annotation
    • http://e1pl2.nazwa.pl/busy/fotki/file/27291757696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediacentre.aerlingus.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dovopisiririjizabexodajir.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_off0000bdb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDB9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5D0 10532 bytes
SHA-256: 0080955182c9df43ad03e9e5b79bdb62cf76abb6f1087b200768e3f1d3f94f68
font_02_sfnt_off0000edeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDEB 16536 bytes
SHA-256: d31ed9f7403d3b419127a6b224e9df034587fdfb4e66580518054a7f2910ac7f