Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25a9aee145a391c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-08-04 17:03:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: bc07fcf6e30bb0de93b521f0b4f8afca SHA-1: 61d54b5d719f9dfe201482bb6dab549611769494 SHA-256: 25a9aee145a391c03cdd3f9197d698b2824f6d299e388745f5fffa7bc062b318
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The heuristic PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK specifically highlights a link to a PDF hosted on a suspicious domain, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 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.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=monohybrid+and+test+cross+practice+ws+1a+answer+key PDF link annotation
    • https://hobbes-group.com/upload/files/60566543597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogo110.com/userfiles/file/74518874793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gallery4walls.com/upload/editer/file/nesonodopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82gbnbmql6fd0qugjlrpbid9kf/6865363477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-business-plan.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/25572898059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0900107678.com/upload/file/degonalumodofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s-privod.ru/userfiles/file/vufivotobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haohanlegend.com/Uploadfiles/files/wotewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fpqpvt5os2p8euj2didrkmv0d/rewijoposivuzufufamaxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotostudiovaccari.it/userfiles/files/89740481760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6c03308f48---bepititasiguzanokim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rc-modeller.se/images/file///zexejetikamolaviwupaxapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instant-image.net/UserFiles/Site/File/93599163663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb8bba8746---sazapejajapor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa72514f90f601995dc786fa8483e80b/dojufemulofosisefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096cd546e323---20277457379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a011133b937---18634024431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thriftstorewebsites.com/flash/thriftstorewebsites.com/file/89071488918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexdisinfestazioni.com/userfiles/files/kesusini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aplus.to/userfiles/file/riranugevavifapenunuzev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mevlanaasm.com/resimler/files/tagujudazamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075567a32dcf---24119796010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/13384853682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3ci27jd2ajmk0uuaq6106n453/5925100181.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_off0000f390.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF390 16872 bytes
SHA-256: 34a0c2af2cc29977bb849adc982fed68134c5ee999d5364d6a258e030a50f408
font_01_sfnt_off00011f4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F4C 11044 bytes
SHA-256: dfd9a1e24b2d22140627a7f0aa0ec75dc58850c4e5783e507cb8a4b958d955d4
font_02_sfnt_off000138e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1