Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 225f7f1fd1fcd21c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 15:33:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 21b4bbbc4e0072c591cde5c8f42f3d12 SHA-1: f39edc9d2cbcb79c290dd7bd066ad68c22ed1267 SHA-256: 225f7f1fd1fcd21c842280253a7f4b1f26ef5e05f220fd249de6a1409304fa21
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains a link farm pointing to various compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The PDF_IMAGE_LURE heuristic indicates it's likely an image-based document designed to trick users into clicking embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 http://goldcoil.com/uploadfiles/files/zeluvonaduwabitexazed.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/510099b6293f91dd85860ac3a8fc5e63/56784145936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b764911f1e5---75428619403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semangkamerah.com/contents/files/18870040793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vrtaspol.cz/klienti/devel/sneznerolby.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58998555965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-nederland.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99089534962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrimal.pl/userfiles/file/47647520064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/fezapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832651bb125---50723160324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de91deed6fcdf4786f3c455b63483c95/xamuwedasozemeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f3f987bdd9---790647828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsoa.cn/userfiles/file/72906308383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simplehome.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dajovabiguzurobasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmarlboropike.com/uploads/files/49373922198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twozonechickenlasvegas.com/uploads/files/wugerarajixifal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veterinarycarefoundation.org/userfiles/file/supokukidibeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paperland.bg/uploads/file/81334533166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gajagotour.com/UserFiles/file/fuzukutalumewadupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tvmreza.tv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pinixumuvatodeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae12dc2f0b1b46b23fe3bf6674cdc1fb/70974820850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1ffaebc7b4b79ef32b85450bfd89d7f/2025759471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asap-recruitment.net/upload/file/wuzokofotapuzojabetuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e649fd912df9c54ed3a5d29142775a28/gasupovupajoxukowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e8e4feef67c81da6cf4144d7ac02109/96308359602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=metabolism+of+carbohydrates+lipids+amino+acids+nucleotides+and+vitamins+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/855ddf8307a388e883be34dcfbd6a25b/14429449195.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_off0000b576.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB576 13856 bytes
SHA-256: f26e3d65c836898ffaa5d69baba581caae651a827c9a1256fc87ad92eb7ecad8
font_01_sfnt_off0000d758.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD758 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF6F 11300 bytes
SHA-256: c2911d55bedafb4ab40e006dccc459cde3721c377afac3ce0175f2b07dbfc639