Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25aa83982b0b9573…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-08-04 20:20:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 57328664fe8dc413802de35dee8e44c9 SHA-1: 78d8bd386219a46307e4c0969c6e5db03c072b69 SHA-256: 25aa83982b0b95737e05616e2fe46f77d2bb13cdc437d0ff4fd08bb401d0634b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF structure point towards exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities or social engineering to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 http://haustechnik-hagenauer.at/kukosenoronobutun.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102eec712328---menusim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c9c0c2d37b---xetekugaxitozimevogawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wewel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/wokejuzoresobevodubilux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/53738758687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b55b41430a6---wumotidifozubuvexox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iberryhomemade.com/userfiles/files/49004598318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e5911f524d9706056778e6e86bd575f/tegita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d7f1b1bb45---43983560933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8d6f4b03e2---xuvizevogesupojavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batdongsandothanh.vn/luutru/files/10067185215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mpgsvfpi9mj5pccvcap4jq85e5/65932191489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7998c81ca50b64c298a2c439676b6612/xabefazeminoxigudovujadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barsugo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xiwifewizidugebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bic5u59ike7ub0m4212kv7kajk/7699508650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seednseed.com/admin/fckfiles/file/34844141840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eecf804daffc4a1ee417576520854a1d/68722646587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/16127783763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/fulubojuxejugulepapot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076314ceaa97---siwaxorinivupokaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akekaluck.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47515189681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatdangcap.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/38713413028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607833553fb98---9746815922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=salsa+madre+bechamel+y+sus+derivadosPDF 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_off0000eca1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECA1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000104b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104B3 17772 bytes
SHA-256: deed50f76e6e7079f667437b0df8ac1134396a10b06311eb80f9d613e1799c85
font_02_sfnt_off00013233.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13233 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 90cee56b4f1d1c5ece8a07c922386a3f631de4559f59b0077efee01c38f8e10d