Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25d717d8b8a3d737…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-06-20 15:24:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 2c9bd1409caa9092e32217df9c125f5a SHA-1: 3894673b493d820954f60af3d4fb231c47db02f0 SHA-256: 25d717d8b8a3d737b67ba04bae53e87edd479226e359d39ad293f96d90955e02
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and link farms, suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this, indicating the document is designed to trick users into downloading a malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+killers+by+hemingway PDF link annotation
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4040daaf470eb0792560ff344de40921/59597185695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woori-tour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210619_8C8E20C5809ABE83.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/tigikanoxesedirijin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9aa402f8d5ec979b6d721cf2521834b1/potesubudabom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunglamgarden.com/images/fck/file/86977232238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oppsmruuuicnauv7nj1ocf9ii0/sokimejezivorulokiwejala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba015d8be7e---nonurepojubanutewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc3a96cbd2---wakudugakinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13g6acgdba8ld8h9rmjbi1fl01/wifupelewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b956cbbfa72---13659259563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h5khh41kruj7jk6v5rmn50tsnl/81932620952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4f5f0af7c0---sarosufijorasubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b020848eb45---58366655735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862c3489e0a---bobope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92c3a4026c4e454f43f4d09802ca7eb9/sinudelapek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auksozvynas.lt/userfiles/file/58400234460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74730d546707dd68d534ac59ae277c1f/750449237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ffb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFB1 5444 bytes
SHA-256: 1dfdfb35ee4d28740ec344074c4a8f55bc6862e7d933e001ffa6c1bd91f7a6b8
font_01_sfnt_off00011220.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11220 11140 bytes
SHA-256: 3468ff52762cce2ba628035b79ed6a1fcb4f5b4c9e5b012aa0019c2fe6560741