Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25a805bfaead1f94…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-10-11 01:45:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 7b9c04ccc3c599c337ccb1bd6eac0b46 SHA-1: d78d9a1199f60a5168441c516edd123f88eba39e SHA-256: 25a805bfaead1f9472d121d84890b3f1002a822f39e53200f20c8a1721f293b2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites hosting further PDF files. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme, likely involving the download of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e6e3n2ocqi2tar2h3k22enbc9/gadimujor.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://teewer.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kitojusatubowujotibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cserepakcio.hu/xdata/file/mosanus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sigmabhp.pl/userfiles/file/55398610389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giovanniseneca.eu/userfiles/files/37792838526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615904c54e339---mifonigigovupazudijixes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16151fc0a2b721---zejogajumeroterubiwosod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhatngudongkinh.com/upload/ckupload/files/sabideporusojalokopidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161535ee1e239c---kenide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biogenetec.tw/image/files/20210915_145323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://98ing.com/upload/ck/files/20210905_154609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giasuthienphuc.com/Images_upload/files/megegajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aminotp.com/upload/files/31529619097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://office-agglo-larochelle.fr/userfiles/file/gumawesox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29f8f4eb5ee8fe6d80f900b8f98b1f7c/xexelavefisuniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134db4ac37d1---39242782444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonikquartz.com/upload/editor/file/1632148199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariabilancino.it/userfiles/files/rukajazamevabuwuberojuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sintjorisparochie.nl/userfiles/file/16017995561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mkbeauty.vn/luutru/files/bemekofafuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteprotectiveservices.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xitasaduvodinit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safiorida.dk/operatori/userfiles/file/nonemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145bb3621b09---54032003338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stevis.cz/files/file/38390133460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06e5b456d19c9ea0fad5cdbb0434f93c/65729994073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miyozenemeryville.com/uploads/files/nusivegajibaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=docs+to+pdsPDF 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_off0000ddce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDCE 9872 bytes
SHA-256: 92c6a097511520010b90e87513d3157324714d51f376482390369574c89c5f3b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f39a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF39A 19160 bytes
SHA-256: dc26e120e5fb9e56d6904d4803855de6f92c11cb5190a55b2ce242f6d986dcc9
font_02_sfnt_off000125f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1