Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25910a404af97580…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:59:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9ffec82dc89f42ad03c1e5fe7ee435ef SHA-1: a4b7fbd7fbf9914ca0ed67d5c4104b89eaa83c52 SHA-256: 25910a404af975807261c841b94fc507a96af4df2cd68eac4a81b61510e41f55
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a large number of embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure indicates a malicious intent to redirect users to external, untrusted resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=briggs+and+stratton+standby+generator+service+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c1ee1159e5c01d24327133306c91983/24728606157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pneusmarene.it/images/file/rebupiduxiliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160842abf2f7d4---35945846916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a369081b4---54637552262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omgmediatank.com/userfiles/files/lukokopido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fgr3o1g03gvih3su90avgocfq7/tepirumonafed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd8572b57be---75212769622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be1c4484c3---kemikezitulajanaxekesid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078cc56d9505---55179999728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eventoptik.de/upload/files/43276274957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://equipociclistaugeraga.com/ciclistas/userfiles/file/6460037605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lafayetteconnections.com/clients/52818/File/litonanumuzivote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hengtongrongshang.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210811020411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609469ec216c9---39151663769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinniescustoms.com/userfiles/files/23788689792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/wekibajudikixokigubim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cittadelmiele.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68c15fc037b11a9aeb1de901d2383bc6/40385177729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9955f33783121a55a21b734994fc6713/fijusitakubimegeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddd88ee8c86---zapuwageseba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jvlegacyhomerepairsmd.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/nilogesimopidagozeradedur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608913e0b3514---92724607614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609104d0a2adc---nazaxiwejinepufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magooferta.pl/uploads/fck/file/98123131011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2687d39a67c27907e581383f844d627/77257366083.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_off0000d15d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD15D 11188 bytes
SHA-256: b9a2028fae53879107adc324d814c896e533ec3d337e2b34d93e491c5d976c5e
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB64 16892 bytes
SHA-256: f080d0871218cfc5e2bf1201a8863346ddd497725fd4ec6e12220f1236642e79
font_02_sfnt_off00011760.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11760 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1