Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c725e7b799d64c9b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-20 19:38:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f9386ce375b7f34f26c8b1f45bbac5f3 SHA-1: de0877fa31756cef029115d40b2952056195410b SHA-256: c725e7b799d64c9b26ed4488c7d73f15696bc2dc2984f2609da27fcbd827936c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or SEO poisoning. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the malicious links or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pubg+mobile+lite+hack+download PDF link annotation
    • http://exdebt.bg/userfiles/file/53777141677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coolscape.info/images/files/nopijogakijitivowaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ishvani.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97661283610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makassitools.com/userfiles/file///90479738126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rpsbchamber.org/editorData/file/11447353253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/ribemupebojukopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thienlongadv.com/upload/files/78246900001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psoealora.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dulajot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purofirstli.net/userfiles/file/kasevefukenebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.com/userfiles/file/20210912031902_39975118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldmedglobal.com/userfiles/files/mepowebibogexuzuzimad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdhmladavozice.cz/userfiles/file/benaziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-pushkino.ru/upload_picture/file/rinekutexomiguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettipassarinmarzotto.com/userfiles/files/disibaluwukogamozuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1eog9ub6bocduorinbt7uedvbc/21493097927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xageunion.com/userfiles/file/74888648094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da74c08ac57c191070928d16ae5a834a/miditakuvigafuwevoponavis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiozammuner.eu/userfiles/files/75396210643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apskarota.org/userfiles/file/46862349079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614138172d87c---zatewup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happycondo.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/kosar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maasmartcity.com/userfiles/file/29480891515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e95c970ba8583014936f59cac94746ce/15695668783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasaitogo.com/uploads/files/xuvotemivurege.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_off0000da22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA22 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 5e54d34599b17bd56aaa588bb271edd4797e30504ae6a261beb8ad597074e550
font_01_sfnt_off0000f33b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF33B 18620 bytes
SHA-256: dd537c337004034cbc9353e89c9bcb03221e0e9a57b553a3a43a8486c3c8c4be
font_02_sfnt_off00012340.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12340 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1