Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25ab3c38166b5b67…

MALICIOUS

PDF

114.7 KB Created: 2021-06-29 21:05:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: bc1a0e93484a4d28072b217779705683 SHA-1: b3ed4f3652af34e1bebb571491202ec0adfde3e8 SHA-256: 25ab3c38166b5b67a5a6a29ddc5999007e54b38eeb9ca47b7ff783e0276c7499
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'link farm' heuristics suggest the primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9925

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=field+emission+scanning+electron+microscope+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d61b9aca67---55580509534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6eu3n5rpr2vol96a8eqvahcbu1/gixofemejamoxadozetivalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longhornrings.com/clients/0/08/08da48574b41509ac7bedcf2500dc652/File/zelujisene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fcb13b836f---63231972357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/98887832986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tp9rkj6oodborl0r4sis1qic8c/41607485845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbab64364b---zefutitagojif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85625e435337a33f20b7777def5aa5d6/viwifafejepadiker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catequesisnavarra.org/guiarte_userfiles/files/fixipefadupatovunonetov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-27/20210627132810168997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledseoul.com/userData/board/file/notunubobuvoxetatasav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/46940557212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kg78d29dubqelhk9ga4n38hcnc/webefuripoveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f6643e0e28---38658591141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamekatus.ee/uploads/ckeditor/files/rizomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winecellarkeeper.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75197235263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/894f4239c515b864e196b3c13cdaf2a3/vepikuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a2c1e4f78---sobafibudujupofevopebif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608703c1e8a01---24170772034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3otr3k59smlchd36n1v30cts3g/82309624316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebelino.ru/userfiles/file/39762060604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab00715556a---87869198966.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001442b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1442B 18212 bytes
SHA-256: 1d5fdb4cae834217623d1ac85b032b9629f2a089038cc70507888ecb828da572
font_01_sfnt_off00017456.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17456 16160 bytes
SHA-256: 27fa49ca30b1f57c6e4f8b99ad1f73ead7010ce1f191e20d716503af09158f46
font_02_sfnt_off000189d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x189D0 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 763a8b5115926a9b4b16ce39b83fe6df17096d5367a145dd26a48ed8037f98cc
font_03_sfnt_off0001a2ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A2EA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1