Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e25b86f21c074c02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-06-10 08:13:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: ae36bf37bda247519a0b6a38345125c3 SHA-1: 2282557228d68b0745d12d5694720ac83da5d0b3 SHA-256: e25b86f21c074c0249afcbd54428dca70e38e914ad6acf4cc02da4a21b8c8d83
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is a PDF document that exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, using a 'functional specification template' pretext to encourage downloads. It contains numerous links to compromised websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised WordPress installations, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=functional+specification+template+sap PDF link annotation
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609db0b6e6e69---bubejanofozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6132932059---71610559857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5f1af3f351b25c70d63ae9c7a075f7a/niwapifofewifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1bd66e07bc---zewegifikegorozisediv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f300fe104eb84aff0fa9699e8b7cf9cc/wimorazukurazes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/65632104808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab4dcb16863---21451806957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a772d4991a1---topupagirupozuzegimij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af779795260---70187367261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/sajuxofajipipinubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081901ddc0a8---tuzijizajirudevipujax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160993c38170a6---1881074441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e44uc2f4apipu8tqo5ueeff2nv/66665154591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/291sus2b2gsnel7navfgpa8fe4/rerifiwobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d071e8a5d5---vuwoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2okjvvspvf1fsp618gjbgbgkdq/56663529659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607071eb2fd5e---44497059219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb418662f04---puroruwebonoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aydin-elektrik.com/resimler/files/jegefixiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00012cd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CD3 5020 bytes
SHA-256: 5e23e3e89fd36f9781cb9c6ac5a1843375cf8b2883548661d6a469c18427fa5f
font_01_sfnt_off00013dde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DDE 11888 bytes
SHA-256: f01ea61bfc880a3d6b35a281e719d9db1f15fdd81c2b651787f8aa3687d2cbdd