Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25e96160ceb70855…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-08-14 17:13:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 6dbbcbe3c1d7ccdf1db01b4e56cc003e SHA-1: eee7e193ef2f08b696e1e290c8357dd7424cd2f1 SHA-256: 25e96160ceb7085523dc1c3c86e0dd6ba1bd15e60f15135456fb5743a1a75b00
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic strongly suggest an attempt to lead users to malicious sites for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2b3218a7e---36184069938.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fcr-fomentoconsumoerenda.com/uploads/files/80243209730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/rasaruluba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horacebatten.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lozafetojimuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aivieksteslaivas.lv/userfiles/file/47441076859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac68dbd2f25---99531590462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graciaindoutama.com/kingkong/userfiles/files/13021595451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://on-video.com/movies/movie_data/file/junanizugegodefuwabijodit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/zuxokiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotwaterfactory.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5d08b635f76cb674239eb406903bf1a/xizijasapagoferirimefebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2cf7ee5a041e40271c3331fe4eef4b7/79499658211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f4ea4e0cb---59790405693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yjsyrj.com/userfiles/file/xunerevik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nage-z.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10290149998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085cb08a88a3---bademumasix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48f4e7bqgnohcm51517km6j6dq/23767854731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10lv32hhtadtvkjf2137k5cvh2/54116082617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f55ebccb86---pipujezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boumqueur-edition.com/upload/fckeditor/file/31691631862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae26a14d26---duretisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3eyamaichi.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210723153832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tbff-bygg.se/img/files/5452690013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608165463bb0f---nawali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbe9a415e46---sebepusemonufalabowajojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=algebra+word+problems+with+solutions+pdfPDF 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_off0000f921.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF921 11252 bytes
SHA-256: bd778ffda8eb6915730623c14a825c2e585c3ddd49c66073878b145b390c7aa3
font_01_sfnt_off000112fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112FA 17892 bytes
SHA-256: a1562f0065e401ad658ab5765a7d0343027a40a8042f9e59915332968c45b639
font_02_sfnt_off00014252.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14252 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1