Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 994a25d84385524c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-09-14 08:51:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: dae67c2a767ca41120a04f49e64bbde3 SHA-1: a3da397bfb008f2c11b19a55546dd840fd0f78ab SHA-256: 994a25d84385524c129111b47deb2df4e902109c82eed15fe4bcf7c6e046271e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging these links for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=an+example+of+primary+cell+is PDF link annotation
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/042df89d8dcc2f298d65093b7f694b19/riwojasodipavosukixilidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tamtrebinhminh.com/public/files/vujidobalazulisesewosag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ge-mak.com/files/xufunujesovimun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vqk45i25q3sin6g5a3vvmu8sd1/josezuvijobewimoximoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soluzionebenessere.eu/userfiles/files/woxipezawegawufajamofone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaimassageboy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zefabosigobiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shevian.com/images/file/tufefoduvosuwezimez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motoquadro.de/userfiles/file/72339433618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netron.pt/app/webroot/media/files/40486225811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideatity.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/loregotogosepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96061427100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvzriu.org/images/file/14936742188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euchebnici.com/img/file/naxebusinevigafibitox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vrajacreation.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/bozarolirizuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copacndg.com/images/uploads/files/85600424124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundezellen.de/neu/userfiles/file/28377991966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tbvshungviet.com/upload/files/25664160363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creaorganization.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/kokid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camelliafb.com/uploads/files/202109031527471439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tagoproperties.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bezabuvumopizupex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f19d654b67---kamafadisafokaxatesim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrix-corporation.com/upfiles/editor/files/vawawepuwepuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheliabinsk.realxenon.ru/uploads/files/vuvuniwotifiruxazifudun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdkuysuujk.handysociality.com/upload/files/7430116875.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_off0000b6d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6D7 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 766931a0e4ddcc71b9adee664d8d67fdadac8dff5fdf48dac069e4017ccd3ee4
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF88 15456 bytes
SHA-256: d64295d9d517706be4666a28c759f002ab39f97cda1c9dfaa25fb663738bf756
font_02_sfnt_off0000f69e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF69E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1