Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25c1256473274318…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.1 KB Created: 2021-09-15 18:35:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 1414ae40e170fdd0163e972a75ddcbb7 SHA-1: 10e6d56e49b735d82cd62e6970cb5b4821ec3a92 SHA-256: 25c12564732743189156248f28892baea9f5936db3ff8c878edf03ed8b16a85f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various domains, many of which appear to be disposable or compromised hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is a link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting its purpose is to redirect users to potentially harmful sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7417

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hogwarts+mystery+mod PDF link annotation
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/bokagup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--939a66v0zjo3bcvdmrp.com/data/ckfinder/files/49235339105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shlawllc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/6568092542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayepnuocmia.vn/data/ckfinder/files/50706652095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plaschke-partner.com/uploaded/file/35784661390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/33968722959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuchina.org/userfiles/file/dokajozuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kipass.fr/userfiles/file/87066529800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca6a3eb531a8c67f1c33ae9c28342099/soxonaxuxineraredeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lacgl.org/upload/editor/file/jevufuzexefubimubojewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jawarakreasi.com/file/26048941734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/50585304267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcoliseum.com/uploads/files/vekatovuwonota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d37053dc7b---zezubolugij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ede528f5a5---85863898620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epagneuls-bretons.fr/caningest/images/file/68563502429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malayalamfoundation.org/admin/my_files/file/96054476322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongphuchuytai.com/upload/files/panufivedagokuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://realcomfort.ru/content/upload/file/45429395412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buzascsaba.hu/userFiles/file/15686981684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://datcat.vn/2018/file/rowenasovizubedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fresh-j.info/images/uploadedimages/file/bopijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/36330367512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isystem.hu/userfiles/file/78150324726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newworldss.com/uploads/file/23171682652.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_off0000c278.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC278 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000da8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA8A 17020 bytes
SHA-256: a379c7de1e6978894e0f7458d3a0dce3a06ed3b5f8757042f25fa762a2694dbc
font_02_sfnt_off00010687.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10687 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 235fda02eb457b854a508ed7072b2bef32bb158b4490cef9cfe0ecb879e80028