Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d25f50639923e842…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 02:50:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b8459e7e287a077f36800515a8ec5401 SHA-1: 66b0ffa5c6c35da853532ca6ec4b9a801989606b SHA-256: d25f50639923e8427199eeba849bfbeccfdae73578f28ca2e8921ea059a08edd
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://taxplus.in/images/contentimages/files/40753290101.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://elhammagazine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fosizubogika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://junge-klassik.com/userfiles/file/fidapiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tivati.com/uploads/userfiles/file/25512164687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd7db8a0aaed3efdc2224f949cec1068/18789219693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-miyaco.com/img/file/2021826103724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160825557690d2---netuzozimokifudamepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ototavandosemesi.com/resimler/file/69369189755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4c762abeeb---17440274163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancleaningservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0ebb1ed09940791b9921480068e5a21/30990426524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lb2k9ter917qr7ueuqickk2kk4/92740223235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rudolphalexander.com/uploads/files/94807776089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sms-dk.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210728_DDE2C99F09920907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tp-pos.com/uploads/image/files/disow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eaf8d0767c7d793de46d439ff3e59155/32683893333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingpoggi.eu/userfiles/files/jepiposimibibotusesoraso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8676714667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8c13b78516---91568157530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb35d322fdc0a553217102b5e33a0ea3/pipoxaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roxburyhs1987.com/clients/63080/File/86748789931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/92013103627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaffebba2apgigwiiececnggk9e4k.xn--p1ai/pict/file/gezuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barrau-philippe-sedeco.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lalarikofob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/3413302398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=mobile+dog+grooming+pricesPDF 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_off00010018.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10018 15964 bytes
SHA-256: 6831d51ef9b138ab7205342118ad45d380adfb9ffa81a778b82ffcca0a4088bb
font_01_sfnt_off00012911.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12911 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 8eb8f3da934994a4d5ea19e1f3ed41237eb924beda846fea985aeeb43570fd76
font_02_sfnt_off0001412c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1412C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1