Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25feba00a97ed0bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 07:47:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ad74a7ea85abcf83acf906cb3b5ca5c3 SHA-1: 118df8db4b055da83a03267a4b9595916398a4dd SHA-256: 25feba00a97ed0bd4cb869d74c5284ddbb40cbf525770a8e32ac280e00bf93bf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely initiated via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=have+students+benefited+much+from+information+technology
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pgobfrt0kaqnhvhmbj93al6gav/xavabefivibimar.pdf
    • http://cerescommoditiesltd.com/Images_upload/files/senewifalufimedajepu.pdf
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f1a9d0f82526f36bd6919390e9cf71d/37059480693.pdf
    • http://barcelonasixtytwo.com/userfiles/file/39535741933.pdf
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sdilehm61ot20drgvsh5orefh6/85921391840.pdf
    • http://abaj.cz/UserFiles/File/dewefu.pdf
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1165bdfce7cf3b2b227b90455220b91c/desejo.pdf
    • http://yongchengtech.com/uploads//files/202108080956565802.pdf
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769cd50dc76---noxuroworobelonapu.pdf
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbb1b255147---46501383827.pdf
    • http://esipro.lu/userfiles/file/reber.pdf
    • http://avvocato-callegaro.it/public/file/52317294565.pdf
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/jasorufimazuniram.pdf
    • http://imhyuk.com/imhyukeditor/userfile/file/zovojunujadafasawur.pdf
    • http://cuacuonanbinh.com/userfiles/file/jatus.pdf
    • http://cuoredicane.it/userfiles/files/76477081666.pdf
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddc8c3a6bbe---gevugexejexobutikosib.pdf
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8n4dphur28tjnqmraaartg4a78/78843043541.pdf
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q0fgp03qrsh84a1n3msin1nnc1/vefubejutadidiremaj.pdf
    • https://kaimano.it/file/7245356435.pdf
    • https://rlvanstory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43d5d4c12f6c26eb0889b83d92521829/mosikona.pdf
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f3d83288c1---kugegetelasuxosukome.pdf
    • https://coebmsf.com/userfiles/file/wunuga.pdf
    • http://drlalashow.com/php/billboard/uploads/file/javomewa.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_off0000ce68.bin
934176519c2f628ade6f4df0006c502dfee5cec7bac00cb6ee96a13e3b3b2b04
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE68 15944 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f728.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF728 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010f3f.bin
c0d6a0dfc8f4f37e077cad5568447a5e769a3141ebe0489bef84febdf6b93600
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F3F 11336 bytes