Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 025961d3ecc89bd5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-10-14 18:29:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: c900f4cfbfd889f52d0966d55a12dd24 SHA-1: d5e840efa8c531974a518087d25ef694dca8eeb1 SHA-256: 025961d3ecc89bd599c68b308c67047f1da00364dc70c2181759671a773f9d75
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://cncostruzioni.com/userfiles/file/wogazajidunomedefijore.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vhssirimpanam.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84865534804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robedecreateur.com/img/files/nezaniwodikezakotugetepim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arhiapp.web-idea.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/guvofotalonowenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honkakuji.jp/honkakuji/images/ckfinder/files/89718413387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://privateeducation.sg/verzsape/demo/upload/admin/files/50701251804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiquital.com/documentos/file/6998102069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161679b58d9069---64386827863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosklo.sk/pictures/file/89709343062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/puwuwejajixekavekako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bassonconsulting.mc/userfiles/file/zejeboteli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dursunguney.com/userfiles/files/29018047699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themadthinker.com/temp/vinney/HTML/userfiles/file/7707542244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161538d0eca781---genuradevawasez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snbedu.com/uploadfile/file///2021090718445139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c49f69561e---girikuwibumokak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suny.cz/files/file/72538334734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biancoacolori.it/userfiles/files/lanazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientushinko.com/images/file/tutasavufotaxefapanubaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportsbettingconsultants.net/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dazukelasojorabobotuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lanegarrett.net/userfiles/file/mapikuvedezexijigoxevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/25022690936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.novosib-sport.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nugibivenewovasege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinavaron.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59212225852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148da7797a9a---93350219019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wannawwannie.pl/userfiles/file/sexubugiled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MbOu/~3/tgwjJlsMqHc/uplcv?utm_term=and+as+far+asPDF 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_off0000c895.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC895 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0A7 17884 bytes
SHA-256: 9dd13d578e6ffe58a800fa71b726ab00fba53dcdcb64bb79f256457a233432cf
font_02_sfnt_off00010f62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F62 9840 bytes
SHA-256: b76523c319bb74aaef8da2ff7c90625534eb2e40b50623b9e24472d374d11f2b