Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b225145eaeaac7dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.0 KB Created: 2021-08-25 14:00:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 1d4aabe77f25fa0869b9d9444568a8c8 SHA-1: 20d8c4f47eea0d93bf6eac22c709916e91b3802c SHA-256: b225145eaeaac7dd6f7e3c91b5bac3b485f152895fb776dc2577049c1eb0e858
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to execute malicious code. It also features numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature, likely serving as a lure for further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=should+a+cv+be+in+word+or+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://nanoscopy.ru/uploads/files/99509014879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68687682955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tarsiman.ee/files/file/25481082278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rt63vod31v5m7a95mkikvveomi/17348771571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frutapac.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/desebimuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kavernoklub.com/campannas/file/berobafabopetavitanafaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theprojectmanagement.guru/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/talepasusogaropikezokife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkbca.org/UploadFiles/file/20210606201848197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c6d36c0a7---tesiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ligonfamilyreunion.org/clients/9/9a/9a44987365eba454cd9b2deda39aa7c0/File/wegitol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa4a7f06f54---gunetakikidimunibupuwegen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb5736cf61b---vadufepopuwaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ornito-silesia.eu/userfiles/file/watusibumolezetukexonizak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ff87449852---nofudusenedawiduxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tipresentoio.it/images/file/89427671792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8rit9sh3c7o2iva84arv2ofajd/24046602652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/82219793328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e8a8e70d535b768d78b8599a07c7543/golusoladexep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8775705ebdd49bfd78e84f50142bffa/33238343831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/nizozakas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skiclubraonbaccarat.fr/pdf/doxulezimozerom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbancollab.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/darutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maytinhtuyenquang.com/home/maytinhtuy/domains/maytinhtuyenquang.com/public_html/images/file/pozurasanaredifelipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwnta.com/userfiles/file/gojobeniva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romanschatztruhe.de/img/files/18038918546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpeterscbs.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jewakunudaxujenerumu.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_off00010b31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B31 10916 bytes
SHA-256: b8239ae9ac458104e5bb7c527c742b43bf45298b8f390580860271332a423188
font_01_sfnt_off00012439.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12439 18344 bytes
SHA-256: 33ae66a832643fff540e88aab170c10e43d2952d8416d4f58ff2969fb929fd86
font_02_sfnt_off0001542e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1542E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1