Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 425ef5b1164f6bbb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-07-05 03:42:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 3ec12d7a6f688abe1a67a307b35ea0d7 SHA-1: bf8fec740f6901608f0bf074f1c8592b9771c455 SHA-256: 425ef5b1164f6bbb6c6df67919ff93dd74b308e0c9b6c33ef521d5ee67a02c66
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to other PDF files hosted on compromised websites, indicating a link farm designed to lead users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9765

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://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f36683bd92d71dd0c107cbbb4eed7526/40229183759.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae2a1be1bba31246bf14d2ce725acd95/tazivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d416e79e6d28975bc0e8bbd7d9a3731f/61387744916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cddfct.com/up_files/file/sebetebawolar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n4ofaq4deainkthdv5ekn7d8s1/87389935522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://awkontrakt.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90018873775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digidatadecolombia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/968524885c710e6d5fbc120d649db300/zofatodino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/lopaxagorezugodarakomorus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.com/images/userfiles/file/11154989725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd8401e2629---dijudama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.info/contents//files/kixamez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://howsonfamilyreunion.com/clients/5/57/57b8fe7d350e782a16e6afc8bdcd6467/File/56940146760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e73184fe7bd37768e054c3a6600f9fd/33230279727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mearesandassociatesllc.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/59948965019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2902b3e985---rofawipogilepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beb0a6c302a---nodenuvimiwegegekojudele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64sc67ei225pc9nv4404uh8rv8/fexibepenupamobazos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alburigiott.it/userfiles/files/50356086221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97heb1c6o0ubf0sn1ret8b2rn7/gagasupowexulega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b25956553ac---33408265472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/735fd956317942fcfb38303dce8f2138/pixuranopajatup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/sebafopexibuwagobariko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupopiscis.com/upload/files/valojorupenajubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelport.pl/userfiles//file/verubejolek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4856695deeb654c1ac359094cfd03644/59077025967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/549b66269229a46ae8728cd0265b3599/keviwubavibunadez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=tally+and+frequency+table+worksheetsPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e810.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE810 11120 bytes
SHA-256: 8d61e2826f3a047fb8fe02adc1797d16e63e00913a47bb781c074a474d8e567c
font_01_sfnt_off000101e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101E2 17596 bytes
SHA-256: 120432546c2f466f0ab707abf57a80f32bcc5d3f1ac7656e6a5934a1895527de
font_02_sfnt_off00013041.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13041 1744 bytes
SHA-256: e27a9c135fea9b138fc412191c4612bb748b92ad5bdd0cbb0001905618d4ca1f
font_03_sfnt_off00013869.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13869 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1