Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7525a6ef7b5b66c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 09:02:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 7e53c206525a1438707c3272af12893f SHA-1: e9eeaca95aee31f2cf3fd33ced4c916745eb0fb6 SHA-256: 7525a6ef7b5b66c6de6a6a79c9cc7cfc31e97a3d02ca7eec16b847688e3e3b68
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URI heuristics indicate it is designed to redirect users to external content. Notably, a URI points directly to an IP address (157.230.241.115), which is a strong indicator of malicious intent, likely to host a phishing page or a second-stage payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://157.230.241.115/image/upload/File/18979729043.pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://ave-france.com/pics/files/14007484621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160816fd4cfb89---39947128018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/derabusejepatixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1rl7i7qt6ol77k1pnv9hnq1j83/sugobat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609255c802521---jimuvanajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a004675bcf6---74465953187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5425026966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://workinhotel.com/upload/fckfile/28262644403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d7c9f37e7---65844840175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsgpj.com/upfolder/e/files/20210721155223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casinodanmarkjackpot.dk/userfiles/file/popusabawibatigaxole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartmedia.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/67669102629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alubiasdetolosa.com/files/galeria/files/lebut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e59431e2f---36294588605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tucholainfo.pl/userfiles/file/60251755747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610eda1e6d8ce---71139928696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolaprzybranowo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82393493308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffc30bc431c963c2f6a1aa0156d780b0/bodibabawomujudoximadelix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toskov-yordanov.com/userfiles/file/logejerasorukadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa2b332646d---23818971054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jokerprod.net/userfiles/file/midizirobodudemoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thechelseaff.com/user_uploads/files/90361101488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsmontaggi.it/userfiles/files/69841500092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceramicaartisticamarsalese.it/userfiles/files/19443732210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=konjunktiv+2+%C3%BCbungen+a2+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_off00010c79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C79 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012490.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12490 11192 bytes
SHA-256: acd8236b41c23d4137a42caddac7a36fb776ee56b2c93d2023b0bd7c285cc5b3
font_02_sfnt_off00013e33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E33 23888 bytes
SHA-256: 33f13b0ef4d8dc55de453b6880dfc89b5e8c70cdaef09b4b4143ebb17983269e