Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25c2dcf18d2fa0af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-08-23 19:14:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9e635625a598f300accfdba894f7efb5 SHA-1: a3edbd8513350bc5e934b4b14894d15393873dad SHA-256: 25c2dcf18d2fa0afa26ded7b6e91c8844a285fc30b5884fe2cab0bfe963f95a0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded URLs and the heuristic firings point towards a malicious document designed to lure users to external, potentially harmful, content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tiny+air+sacs+in+lungs PDF link annotation
    • https://west-holding.com/userfiles/file/87302092883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haiphongcontest.com/images/files/webigavaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80408fae9c983b51e4bb6af042c9ca98/26016205379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9ea4cca93a84d7bde0b665b3d7acfd6/falapixefuwopaninetozidix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m0kchpf89aumidll0ppjcp1eef/rufafozikokuminolepewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717dd1abdc4---86568535734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dotbamboo.com/file_media/file_image/file/49940213167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progfin.pl/userfiles/file/zawiwowovonuwiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5325c19354---midurajuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69dd79hnnpc690e9vg9uh5nvmo/sibuvedilewutenowusabigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio2.com/contents/files/53165589993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2v80hlcq1fgfptv2cjdbktap0/buxonuxapozatulodosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brucemsmithlaw.com/clients/e/e2/e252bfde01ef004f685a9648d307a4b9/File/10092930820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be9ec4eb5584ff87b334bbf611a8e88b/66260195809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da22ad496e3d5bb19574c6f0ad2631ce/pozuposatal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flardochform.se/userfiles/file/gevodiwugaxogexoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/79804852195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa3859b8b36---18816262705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trimix.bg/UserFiles/File/bunalorulemogomuzawosusej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6ab1b727d---guzub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ezibra.pl/upload//file/25365434302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-belgie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jugimeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fcbc6a5af9---84743138492.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_off0000ecd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECD1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000104e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104E3 17172 bytes
SHA-256: d7c7ba35d8e19162eff61497371217cdfd8b1df269ffc9f6dcab545e8adadb01
font_02_sfnt_off000131df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131DF 10232 bytes
SHA-256: 67fcd1b3412ff7723bfec319dd604d0cfcdb5d4dd5ce127f0745a768ced98f1e