Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25e784215d0677a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-07-17 20:45:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: bba265fbff627c8c8af9711ba1fd819f SHA-1: 64d9d475f5c81ca11715aee4e98428e81ed5233c SHA-256: 25e784215d0677a1225df84e5da1e71f838540e32afa7a2e3aa7245b7593da84
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were extracted, the structure and embedded URLs are consistent with a malicious document designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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 http://ferrogep99.hu/static/media/file/gedusizivirezegi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd8e8ba6d994d442a7ef258ee889af45/47101832413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094987bd2711---mexijajurowusinetes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/87746604601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezagsecurity.cz/userfiles/72023576386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/shu6gqo7fihc9tq13h63muludm/feturutisuvuzokogur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ff31df5f2---worosedebikekagotuxitiwap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72e9ad3c85a745bc2be34a31abd7388c/jukagadofosibitiwunagiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecsun-moscow.ru/docs/file/ketometaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiarsolutions.com/userfiles/file/48016517944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aljazeerahpetroleum.ae/userfiles/files/kefosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4eda282ea159d8c120291c09156753f6/66000278305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uco-kampen.com/media/files/41115538814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iweldbot.com/ckfinder/pho/files/sosogasejaweviko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pamatudarbai.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39728432944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/68519076495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bakotech.at/uploads/ckeditor/files/tinagopajamobiguti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://project-st.ru/userfiles/file/mabagivovito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5eb0d4424d544d1d12c91601ceb4d8f5/tisasewunenawop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fa482384e7d17fbbdbb61d59454609a/79409333968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06a4bd48cbf1d9b35836080380da20d0/74260904286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcc92c8251a4b069b8f0a6d244ea5588/lofuduzoturomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160760eea4bcec---49603542026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876f1770e68---daxixisisaretipasijujewiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/fofuxaxitibinozet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anhhuynoithat.com/asset/files/85392666227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=show+me+your+workPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000fec7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEC7 10172 bytes
SHA-256: 8247b8948ac9562e50507928c2592267d74500a639e486cf32288cce31823102
font_01_sfnt_off000115a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012db7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DB7 16964 bytes
SHA-256: 3cd17771df6d0be079e1f70333333a4c2c16fdbf816a07e3a7d74eea590853cc