Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c25ce9fac2d87f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.0 KB Created: 2021-07-21 17:00:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f9fcd33df416ea9a0018752428bb4ce3 SHA-1: 0e9e5e8029debf0b2579598a2ca490667b9adadf SHA-256: 7c25ce9fac2d87f86eec813d8809348a5feed5729f802c4b63527d7aad831f5a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports a malicious campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160909f31163c3---libevutuvupuzepitalaleveg.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://scbczy.cn/up_files/file/20210629_223015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160838c5e998bb---nopabamivub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dreamscapes.ca/dream_scapes/userfiles/files/62678931924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081954bd6052---27472711245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a500434e414---xavusesitajelepuzedofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pettwayfamilyreunion.com/clients/39389/File/nowojixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sazowivivigolaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c028c0a5192---guluwawudepesowibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de4db9d81e06024b13f8d094c7cb1f47/51343392082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgwealthplanner.com/crm/files/nedidup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaeram.com/userData/board/file/ronoliri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwfinlay.com/uploads/files/20412850889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a6aafaad39---48219561961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/25334856163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/28871296561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girilawfirm.com/content_files/files/veganuvupugogigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7a1ed92118---wogotuligosel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1f9b9c19fc2dc92d99244021fce9661/13221561338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a78b4cd33f---zadatapilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e55c2ba611d---wupalinijagokirutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cdce06d68d---nemiwegebarisunenefuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=just+sam+nowPDF 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_off0001007a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1007A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001188c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1188C 17560 bytes
SHA-256: 59ea142e53bfcd4ac690241f8c4a4503396b729701bdfff298d011856bd10fac
font_02_sfnt_off0001469c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1469C 10076 bytes
SHA-256: f078ed77bbd404d28c91046742d08d8f194cfa9067cb602ebc3f56e0f3a6fd25