Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9925bc5046ce525f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 06:05:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 763a66208c72beb4c488bc392cc1d69a SHA-1: f90d9ddedd75493a43e5fada7133fb66ce2dd1bc SHA-256: 9925bc5046ce525f44f0495a19971536210e9233ab11065d62bcd748f1159bc0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are designed to host phishing content or further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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 https://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ulhasnagar+map+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a650c755844---fujos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11cd396cad030ca785930a8aeaddddde/mujekivarufaxigobuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094df7d5b1cb---64156877576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/42821880306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f82725518---vugegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raiders71.com/clients/4/41/4134020f2f298c111575624a380fabfc/File/73368133826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bachova-terapia.sk/images/file/80726014414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciattella.net/images/file/rubepuxililojasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuongninhphat.com/uploads/userfiles/file/14993772222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esangsok.com/upfile/files/39971549257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palezieux.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuxexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.fr/userfiles/file/17557211559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f7129f2034---kifolejinurubaxuxulexazid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezagsecurity.cz/userfiles/10208292958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.si/upload/xaxubifutogigij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb3a286bc23---18633895004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/ziladumumozirijaluribal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://culturasiapamplona.com/guiarte_userfiles/files/3615367990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a74e02ed31---petixewos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7b47fc3324---94180141466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://misionesmedellin2030.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f7m00neph1v0stmamf26b1gva/73640428558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42b94587bb8eabe245ae53ddd244526b/navetajiminuwazugujade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatngungoisaoxanh.com/upload/files/2969651867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avvocatoandreabruschi.it/userfiles/files/xavorakavezafetumidorozer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cooperspick.com/files/17218211824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6a1644e685853b692756f2307dea9a8/49812373155.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_off0000f6d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6D1 21448 bytes
SHA-256: 7ab5cab19dfff33ddca29350fce25d0d86897c3b3582324f05e6fd264918eeda
font_01_sfnt_off00012eb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EB3 10512 bytes
SHA-256: f13776769af8536cd6400d71b32b6b8cc52819ca5caf6245c55f333614221acf
font_02_sfnt_off00014625.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14625 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1