Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d725da263e3cf991…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 09:18:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 15f7132d1e0c0449eab56f9c826b068f SHA-1: c2427aacb1252e846a65c2cdf97c6e93f1f20138 SHA-256: d725da263e3cf991189f932d7b5099a43ec15e3c620a4f08b8ca95b86e46df7f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a likely phishing or redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to further exploit the user or download additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819504d50d0---gifonexo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079c056c853c---korafutexakimuvimijese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad99c45b8d1---26637023663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senarathgroup.lk/assets/media/file/27997244138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160800d76dd98e---pesizaxefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d89c5451223---raximezomejovadanap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b281v64qrpgdrr0dgge77h2692/lodejawotizajomuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro-ex.com/images/blog//file/jivolaluvatelepiludeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saluteebenesseresas.it/userfiles/files/26760754619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p8k6jjuftj3qk102epeaimh9gg/zuxoxuwifezalomezurejeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timeyear-v.com/userfiles/file/munabuximijizujag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikketiga.com/contents//files/52716142229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c608c320ba---xirire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a746ba7830fb611790ab0bb402821b91/22562740577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotstamping.pl/files/file/9560524013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.de/userfiles/file/pimexizobami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f3dcf245c6---nefanujirixoloba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poiskvod.ru/images/file/jewotadiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ergunaygoren.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079b335273b4---ninapologenudesoxetunob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanurichurch.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25960647331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/327ea7c148fc4c58bcd898a7b9828d68/90293213593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fizom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teamtrinity.net/trinitya/file/55615732987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smwebtechnology.com/arishayurveda.com/userfiles/file/zenowixivarogowomewize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alquimia.in/admin/fckeditor/editorfile/75440790567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stolizstekla.ru/userfiles/file/xidimilafuxesiroraboniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=bloody+stream+1+hourPDF 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_off00012053.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12053 18948 bytes
SHA-256: f73dcafdd8ff514de46be8e2019d5e39b4c7873d2fe7ef80672e8a3b58264e90
font_01_sfnt_off000151db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151DB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000169f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x169F2 10636 bytes
SHA-256: bdb9bdee267e15bd31dd5b7a5c9a1fbadb6271b2036dd2ec4c563e3eac2ca8e9