Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 893dd25f12c3ae0b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:59:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ab2c622cd0438239d038de5a7f81eb61 SHA-1: 16518b277f19e5b5ac5700adcca2e83d1ac0680a SHA-256: 893dd25f12c3ae0b27ace6e2fe3af67591a3114a64f0567485851f6e0fedbe6c
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mathematical+principles+of+natural+philosophy+book+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://t2sc.me/userfiles/51964979790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e84235c5bbb051d7029d5c31f84cf537/lezazikututeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9d29364104---86598316646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benefielddarrenfordhicksunited.com/clients/2/21/2186b72972973349411f8b90e6071e14/File/92672021800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ugyvednok.hu/userfiles/file/gotigunemanix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onellenorzes.com/uploads/files/25956452665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://implant-drill.com/userfiles/file/27365158317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushigonewildtogo.com/uploads/files/zudanabusafitexelukaxala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/044479a8080fdf701b564917921772a6/wuzizod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d28f5c49520---kugukafuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsm.hk/images/uploadfiles/file/62405541950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb399ac1988f7ee338cba9822dafe834/satumotapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clumba-indoor.ru/files/files/wukapisivexesezaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110e16e5b3c7---53556473709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://danielstrehlau.com/userfiles/file/12149304711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faithleader.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/137djfbjdad7pbnf7s37fra1nb/fejazafiduxuwumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pechati-piter.ru/userfiles/file/zaxix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac277966b8e---37940162459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipssecurityconsultants.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38072533104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e70efa0d8bd---pudufosugemubaburuvazile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70148074096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://utuin.net/files/fckeditor/file/50337813618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionedynamica.it/uploads/file/wuburima.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_off0000b5fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5FA 16396 bytes
SHA-256: ecfffd90de3e2623b8b2e95b253f955c8a70122453d450e4cf2a4e25e193036c
font_01_sfnt_off0000df8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF8A 11324 bytes
SHA-256: 659779b5e94e16de4c259681238c3411a2ae34f2bedf482164d81ba616c527b1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1