Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25c3aae027ed3887…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-08-29 09:53:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 667c2ce89beead4adc2700d7be22b0b9 SHA-1: 9a43fe7f583560fd66027905a5d0e95023e89d01 SHA-256: 25c3aae027ed38879180ce3109793a061424c823946739918576556bf42708f8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ancient+history+handwritten+notes+for+upsc PDF link annotation
    • http://dorrstrechy.cz/UserFiles/File/fabekitupemagelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da81231b7c---37094333740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///nasogewumubizobodepirixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qjngipr9eoat8iq8s2l1bp5hf2/larikukabejuwitokeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siroyensao.com/upload/files/74629319599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sacmacbook.net/userfiles/file/zovotuzatazenoboja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f689bcf39e4745b8fd1acf3c8768d04/mawugoxivefiwitolutuwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsp-oblspl.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xozomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liweisteel.co.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43252850766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ordineveterinarivenezia.eu/userfiles/files/85542380758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bielwod.com/userfiles/file/3917944397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henghuitong.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210813225636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngusacdon.com/upload/files/29817403170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinzimoniofiumicino.eu/userfiles/files/22202172629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohsclassof73.com/clients/9/9a/9a21b0b253f7c4eafe662346d237c286/File/xebuwavezasuwuledefunugam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c6db2b3e9d---75427487959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debandhelder.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wejopolabikuxepaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96434f52bc5bbb86f62b9b72f5ca7201/94803859302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161153271135ef---59311310491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newshop.jp/archive/file/28260311817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netkat.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75490138375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfk1969nola.com/clients/873000/File/81056898711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bptramptour.pl/files/file/10696964432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat2.hkha.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/maxerorejivap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ec528c330d---68793803116.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_off0000d92e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD92E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f140.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF140 20856 bytes
SHA-256: fd4fdfa09f8f415c3b0eb5c013dbc4b319a99c3ab763a604e6a7fb03a815d96a
font_02_sfnt_off000128e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128E4 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 16a345fe2c8e4fb46743938735c993a911df2550124643ef0e88b68c8083f25c