Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 257ffe2456528d51…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-08-31 10:59:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ae9d2a55d6e6941d39a07a68ecdfca35 SHA-1: cab8116be18efef2d1854228d1a2250cf7456aa0 SHA-256: 257ffe2456528d512374b2978b401c329d578dd486a5961c1696dde3deb033f6
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings point to a common pattern of using embedded links for initial compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://www.toeterloeh44.de/files/26235209625.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/71165917549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baa14c8f5a1---zidafutafufenokomikut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotobolfestmeny.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/84853490195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b73ac922c9c---17977267857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitakhealing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11454573548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aejmo0alc.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ravutugome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rafautama.com/uploads/file/zifolarudusedazujupudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenplanetnepal.com/userfiles/file/bunupubeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g5e9tqf7e0hpj2gcorir6gcro6/77538035762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pn-tech.net/userData/board/file/40591786991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powerliteaac.com/userfiles/file/81967774168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b446125b6ef8152b59cb35248e306bcc/nizaxalorewokazumemufekir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kelkenaghshband.com/app/webroot/img/files/dujamupin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48dt54qgaljr4m5nadlsa1bs95/28287806753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://australiancaravancentre.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vitopofumuzubaduzimavibef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f3f6b0b886---gabulopexenafifal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71e50bd8a1eb5e3afa0f6501dbda9628/32394326580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hakkabrothers.com/userfiles/file///94423985999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e011ce786b7415a0db4aac60b43140fc/97009541048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walthamclassof1985.com/clients/5/52/52060312c10aa816a718e90a19a6a7a1/File/sagadejokoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubsecurite.fr/webroot/upload/files/17813455344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/13065740173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f201959db0---fesudapawupuragi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a340164b1---40193859246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincitydata.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/fusepovirovenizijexip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=disable+apk+no+rootPDF 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_off0000f027.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF027 10476 bytes
SHA-256: 3dca908581dff166b3384e3a32001f50859a9afbe87ddd92e91b1a9fc714276d
font_01_sfnt_off000107df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ff1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FF1 17916 bytes
SHA-256: bb11f115400a7a5851396437246d0f0f8ee3210e7ace3536962a5fdaca199569