Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 107e25b73a862dbe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-07-17 19:42:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f7f695dd20ed3c2081a62942a2c7909f SHA-1: 33259e701b359ed31feb9cdbf103e70069ba99cc SHA-256: 107e25b73a862dbeae53ae44d23b07962d2e961bbb21f388b7a81a2d539eb309
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to disposable hosting and compromised CMS upload storage, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, as these are common tactics for hosting malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d851bab2d716b047f703934e4655a7b1/lanew.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18c17d6727f7b10e1b1cab9391e9a49c/28096917296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c7278b88d7659dc6b77cf26e419937a/42460261945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tangiahoang.com/skinkorea/Images_upload/files/zuvovuforibeziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69bf14ca27d06c16e3498edf2441fa82/11150088098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaszemin.com/files/71235936279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/237d6a10ebf012bde95a69aefe37b283/51420383902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/645518b98b1927a11a72553bf5dec975/wivofiraze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kede.org/userfiles/file/85225152693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://its-bulgaria.bg/files/file/dukutijuguzatugezizuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad95fa9a6dc---62865158820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manavpublicschool.org/manav/userfiles/file/gidepubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45983b5e6ad93d4fa7977ea9ddc14498/16578253661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd9c7f01ab2---57682197290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banquat.com/userfiles/files/popir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c157669aa2b---joxizulosotaraxonised.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--fct8ml6mwue.tw/uploads/files/39190423906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yoron.net/up/files/45829785557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6ec76caa9f---wibabukazitit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xedaptap.net/userfiles/file/satakuwubumad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itssilvertime.com/clients/2/24/24efe347a73a8ce028152bf895bc11a7/File/wisepalonapadubojenimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=removing+digital+signature+from+pdf+documentPDF 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_off0000e1b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1B1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9C8 11176 bytes
SHA-256: 962703ba61359d1df96cf78ae924cbd0258a465dc3917dcf2155b35dc123fb03
font_02_sfnt_off000113ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113BA 17972 bytes
SHA-256: 8168968aad8e22c285228526c5d0fc98893146f5b8bb3d5654efcd876ee2a1d4