Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c25ab6a679eb9389…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:00:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 724422492e503eaa42cb54484573d1a3 SHA-1: 39b82ab67197eca9087fa65037c30a9802c9f6b0 SHA-256: c25ab6a679eb93895e0240ec5095a00d5fa2e21f0f3aea447d2b7686ee881807
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malware download pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://sochi-vitrazhi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kovalaletoraxibewilupa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://biovuspharma.net/userfiles/files/82621207811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20bed975406983bb0eb018b643b16407/biketeruxowugilanitotodab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pneusmarene.it/images/file/73565765931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ktp2bk47n087b83dnand83hqb5/53261949229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94505809807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apskarota.org/userfiles/file/58349982477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/781hv8253kcjqe04b90bmlcbdk/bememusafenelejokolove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-daomeng.com/upload/userfiles/files/6704b7d7914c59e246d294ea9855095a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/xapuvezimovolubaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebdaatcoop.com/userfiles/files/kuvomufafekapurigivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmalayalamnews.com/userfiles/file/fijegamiwonaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o5vt8qfgoadbd4hja1b24asen5/8733115214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608674089bbd9---gajaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b4bb0cd51d---mezinokefopifavijumel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anm-av.de/uploads/files/xokedekefepupideduvet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuning-zone.eu/userfiles/file/48700214263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b83a9aecad44e944272103e6eb11d95f/belekuxoxaguzaxorega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbdc.co/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kugosozenubunerurodoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://llux.vn/uploads/files/temofonisef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vigova.vn/Images_upload/files/fizibedejiwosoriwigixus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daycamhoa.net/upload/UploadFiles/files/wawaluresojeromegop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2c43226c72---xusosizezefuwunubimusum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11423945ba25c8c225083d545f18d8a7/65396947754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/71832397352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=ethical+hacking+books+in+tamil+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000b5b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5B5 11048 bytes
SHA-256: a05444a7219afaef0afa0264ed1b13dbf3155801fbfd77bfc0f03cff6731840e
font_01_sfnt_off0000cecb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCECB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e6dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6DD 14412 bytes
SHA-256: 2b57a5e4b8fdf20a89050c3dd400704e0ffabb29b8be73b90c6c0a0359b6340d

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