Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e25e37d946708a49…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 20:07:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: cfe7611d2c7a9491742d2f2a95edfaf0 SHA-1: a790f06ae6b484ffb91e5025e1962915151ef0b0 SHA-256: e25e37d946708a495554892316892b2316281c6d4767e28aa1df76a99252eac2
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 CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=i+need+your+love+i+need+you+love PDF link annotation
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886f592c32e---dakekuwexemavoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1b0721a043---56107417162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/dakefokejodinuwobazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argol-editions.fr/userfiles/file/kovugewuwadizizokojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e2a6455080---56235191662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://augsburger-dartliga.de/uploads/file/waniwurebevetadadizol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-lubertsy.ru/upload_picture/file/gasikevuwamisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vds-construct.pl/userfiles/file/35739584602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b965vhkhqar4qqrgsu0pp0vri2/801843719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-17/20210617122625719063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iaestedresden.de/userfiles/file/vizudefelavonipisivobuvap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/wigesiwimatibuxaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novichiha.ru/pic/file/sewudibifiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chetanaus.org/bheru/uploadfiles/file/47627525386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f11318b872---73079125168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5be7e41d6388283ac964ac639cf4c653/3581548134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8ef5dae794f9513f35fb68936e7b06a/jelarip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3aa24fdc40d07080c7556d92e25c73fa/sumubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondamienbac.vn/userfiles/file/24511456347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dd79d02031---96213350671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/55063342498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/mefovisupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61e4bd5b7b20640c7c66c42f70e76774/95290504315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_students/files/sijakerowavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a705569b5b7---fazelijag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/4427936226094a1eb44076.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_off0000e32e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE32E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB40 16968 bytes
SHA-256: 7ea90036ce49fc28392ece410923a89b73e0129a89ed8e7ff1c95e5ec1c0dd8b
font_02_sfnt_off00012797.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12797 10044 bytes
SHA-256: 10a61ea76cad0af0f5156ea94d3723bf4910feced08d9422d972a263886281d1