Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f925a130a1b76373…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 15:58:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d186721ce81c7f78ff42d0dfd4c6c416 SHA-1: 11c84869b0c36e4daab2531c2fdfe1a476a89647 SHA-256: f925a130a1b76373051e1a9d31caf88ddf47c2810c7edf97cdec0b45f921f0b2
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting domains. These URLs are structured as a link farm, likely intended to trick users into downloading a malicious payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • 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 http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131396c30e37---gesemipizebemawefifumufo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://elsadaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30388606654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://togclick.com/media/userFckfiles/file/81218147311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161319e6add935---34067071938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161351c7e52097---logekebifutiwakakuduges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fundacjaartfreeart.pl/userfiles/file/22148739573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altaamir.ipixpms.com/Rapport/public/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74785849402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/944b060ad9fc0d246ed562c5671340de/zixozomapid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costarica4d.com/contents/files/18886671050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://year-c.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-4/20210904170627431920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldogelet.hu/media/369600783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://status.cz/UserFiles/File/xinasatojikoxakevopojomuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hz-kontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73527794037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mehmetrasimmutlu.com/icerik/file/21326060935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffea6a87c91a515938896c167f85454c/nezevetod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saigonradio.com/userfiles/file/94996981476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apaman.ti-am.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fafebizosagugal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgyscom.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-3/20210903114913931786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcth.pl/media/fck/file/pivubedosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaide.org/userfiles/file/79085579929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbidc.kr/upload/editor/file/1630926761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarytattoomachine.co/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/dijifopapeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5cea1cecefc32003df48b9db51665cf/9590902658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=polytechnic+question+paper+2013+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000db2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB2B 20232 bytes
SHA-256: 70e07a6b7eb503bef8c111342dfa494881f435c707b736d59bb55c146a9e1f92
font_01_sfnt_off000110d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110D7 11628 bytes
SHA-256: 16bf04a4f9f23db8121f15be8b42aeba4cd602648fc31f2b247fb8cd83e0285f
font_02_sfnt_off00012c78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C78 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1