Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 925fd68b2a6f0a5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 02:38:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ff3d25df2482aa3e791b87cc467b6a5d SHA-1: ab19671426f4e2a56672ab01af5ddb812f36f950 SHA-256: 925fd68b2a6f0a5e848eb43c6306d5bd9b834cfe1d4e8627e4ff4196b0a16b98
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are designed to host further malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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 https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/utd4uh374sj33riqb52jl7v81p/72369294415.pdf
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607702b09a0f0---nezepepotusi.pdf
    • https://www.sacda.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5b6lvu5l4lmu24f345t0h3to6/milaxotakubudegonefepab.pdf
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b680d8d98ef---xatusofigaposas.pdf
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c827786608---81661226898.pdf
    • http://antansconstructions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sefewuwupekezes.pdf
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072bd452dab1---53242554767.pdf
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/kuvezin.pdf
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c31af670ded---84333264061.pdf
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ehuasqp32ikvl1u6edhs24ef6/54777430847.pdf
    • http://airsoft1.ro/files/file/makiluwezufumomesaxibam.pdf
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b89658dedbd---fivonunawiwaneka.pdf
    • https://anpheatingandac.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/54378668426.pdf
    • http://lahma.pl/_u/userfiles/file/rapupisitanokudafigubenef.pdf
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/42225840625.pdf
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b95da3461b88956b84567dbd4c12f41e/gapadaboja.pdf
    • https://genesislighting.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b674b7d78ff160a7ce73af30e63ea48a/sipesomifamedeterisiwe.pdf
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e34b64d3ff4be5fd08dee321c745e5e/gaxawomejarupivevudexulan.pdf
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d18328ab8f9---20149527600.pdf
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2da8e44f0---nadoxuwopevafutozoper.pdf
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e62c875e8d---ramekutogafovad.pdf
    • https://gregor-biffiger.ch/userfiles/file/17262583021.pdf
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/vokuvowonolariponegelazum.pdf
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-23/20210623202940964786.pdf
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/59932533331.pdf
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078114e91fe2---59007743482.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=opposite+of+defend
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f025.bin
f8deb4a49eafea7e321fdaee7ab812231ffde0b2a5e428eecae23abb01456e71
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF025 10208 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010728.bin
7355528d677a6ae4732eecd4a9401baaf2764c6898b50d25dc9b563c2c3ca7c0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10728 17408 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000134bb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134BB 16792 bytes