Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25cc5dd40b1ed9ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-08-17 04:52:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fb58a90738a305c815eb3e45de703d0d SHA-1: b2a734f072606bf1390770e3d4f13f13e5f5a533 SHA-256: 25cc5dd40b1ed9ce9b6fd1cd6bb9419a6055716d0188936ce71185071bc6fdd8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate that the primary function is to redirect users to malicious external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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
  • 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=proceso+constructivo+de+losa+de+cimentacion
    • http://wildpflanzen-planung.de/file/14433121715.pdf
    • http://thaimassagemodel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xefopavu.pdf
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075de2675fb8---59786864466.pdf
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6795195c7be0f60b749d0ed75478a015/31551458645.pdf
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c562e2fd5f---94286876763.pdf
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bb4ed7fd93c170d07ded3493fd356ec/74342692007.pdf
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tc015ps74ehvoqninp38h9dq8o/90759159618.pdf
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868439d875d---63281934108.pdf
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160892abd12e8f---69508342730.pdf
    • https://rinducm1.com/contents//files/77794978209.pdf
    • http://uni-farm.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35033088039.pdf
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/46366824020.pdf
    • https://bravo-hk.com/userfiles/file/31241159301.pdf
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b0bd629c3---15949068323.pdf
    • http://texmet.pl/userimages/file/70821860412.pdf
    • https://foxtailmag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae4b337405f6d38f0388a36819ec097b/36864620060.pdf
    • https://skyzoan.com/cake/beta/userfiles/file/wininupafazezafagefapo.pdf
    • http://srihemkuntschoolint.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/82874927744.pdf
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pueku7q9lsuicf53ctfo9hm1ol/92279887340.pdf
    • http://styropapex.pl/userfiles/file/86910529847.pdf
    • http://2016.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17724818636.pdf
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c104e59bf6d---38222269584.pdf
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m065psm53oom95offoe51dm490/banavaf.pdf
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/717f86201c0c27308398398051224554/xajure.pdf
    • http://leesfeest.nl/leesfeest/sites/default/files/file/92974895966.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fcb3.bin
6d1ec77e605d753a8c724e6793163c24c466235fc77ad9bddb63c7a746dcb3a5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCB3 10696 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011543.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11543 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012d55.bin
c0ba9dc237660db0664360160e4918b3f8736655daaffee4ceab6649ebed0028
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D55 18640 bytes