Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c25b80f945d349c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-14 03:16:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 5f8a908ccb039e0bb4cbbb9f747d00c2 SHA-1: b2cc48b2741e8733e79a65d6176d41728605ed93 SHA-256: c25b80f945d349c1e47c4bc004e36f54b3f2fd43e644f4ae0cee1d5438ee3182
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites. The numerous extracted URLs, many pointing to compromised upload directories or disposable hosting, strongly suggest a link farm or SEO poisoning attack designed to distribute malware or phish for credentials. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://vinhomeshaiphong.net/app/webroot/img/files/96364414996.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.oiseaubleu-promo.fr/userfiles/file/nazejidixezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npxbyy.com/wang3_3_10_27/Upload/Upload/file/202195651423910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bretagne.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pekoromileroxaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613486f53d151---maletoruzegokovawix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrobud.net/uploaded/file/18573311498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoneza.cz/UserFiles/File/60538259518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onnetsolution.in/userfiles/file/18021847326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpm-sa.com/userfiles/file/fobabiluwekuzibalevokapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rothemtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210911_BBDBE32188251435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/90753451210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rajpuc.pl/pics/file/29200480385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10kshot.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/derojilaninutewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/tuxedugewob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://100tmt.com/uploadimage/files/20210905202738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08189fd5784ffee5624474b9a86bb9bb/51791496101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://helices-evra.com/userfiles/file/75922546882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://md-bud.pl/szklo/photos/file/41411052191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagliodeimille.it/userfiles/files/siwedilebaxepabopakuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://merydian.pl/nowymerydian/userfiles/file/63422676802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaputlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/81954591675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.com/userfiles/file/xarimixosefaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayapalinakliyat.net/file/44572258894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137bc8bcff75---nukukasese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=bergey%27s+manual+of+determinative+bacteriology+9th+edition+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_off0000cbc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBC6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3DD 11740 bytes
SHA-256: e30d9e9bf7310b869450a8efcdaf46b59efa8519ac67ae90bcd6495538765263
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF64 17768 bytes
SHA-256: 5e415a0cf39f90cd48ecbf8d9aef184d52d346fe79977f9372b5de290147bdea