Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25b77e44120eb42b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 13:04:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0df495607e558a8902a801ca8ef15019 SHA-1: dd714a2b8cf02537496ada423d5147ffbc81b055 SHA-256: 25b77e44120eb42b798cac8d0ea5596d7f6c46f0afba9aeee6ebcaeb08e795b0
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous links pointing to potentially compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a spearphishing attachment, likely designed to lead victims to sites hosting further malicious payloads or phishing forms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.2133

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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=business+letter+of+recommendation+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3c19ad085d---93680967600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fishtech.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/wegikulekepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billedbutikken.dk/articlefiles/file/renif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhiringisamsankalimandir.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fisixezipesiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gitimohammadilakhimpur.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xigijoluwigut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7063f4c2629bef2888be14c22b882e1c/losupatipojekepuxezozesaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111bf9b83bc3---kaguletonilodaloburolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/173a6295b7e1deaac69fc8a35ebfdc3b/nudapixexupopeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/25464488405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariacasettamattei.it/userfiles/files/rekokawesepiliruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93c60bb0d8fd6f2c73c98e5a6b988404/rolapel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acetechnology.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qkttq15ae0ti84lota2er4d3kp/88535018493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dissanna.com/temp/fckeditor/file/38742537246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalsolar.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609797f06d1a5---92441720083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parbatsamajjapan.com/img/files/files/sapekefusagefif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dq6qo6vc6nbdhtnkkju0qnhii7/vijomatamukaginusik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0voua2r8cu4kbqqn7n2q977qf/20121765543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/88521411125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divinesacredshakti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61a087a89aac5fa877497d4bf2a71e8e/14316255559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doingthing.com/downloads/blog/geust/files/xuvavimevugus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://colegiumaniucarei.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fugusugine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a031a862e0c8e4337d6c7d7de4e1e94/14694305904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/79187744737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbb621c048f---4483392173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78cee653ecf0a7c2f85d146e13932a91/66795046147.pdfIn 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_off0000f63c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF63C 20972 bytes
SHA-256: 4614ec03cbcdf99063cac9462f93f36b94db27d90835d2d01a9c4a132daa6dd3
font_01_sfnt_off00012bda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BDA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000143f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143F1 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 4184d384efeeb16639cb266373f663b454517a8063c9431e792f4b9f1ae50515