Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5025c3a7052329f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 00:07:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a79a14fec60430db7f9c0d70e812d3aa SHA-1: fe95071b3305a050990a434f6f45b5767f83004b SHA-256: 5025c3a7052329f6a1c9c368a1962326c7a833154d4cbe8d2390ab5ed385e617
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories or appear to be part of a link farm designed for SEO manipulation. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates redirection to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=epidermodisplasia+verruciforme+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/11218038466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-recepty.sk/images/fotky/64147398632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zentrumok.com/userfile/files/31332296481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80adj7cxa.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f713eb3953ed8b5113388b38da1dc1e7/xezok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608844e822cf1---81614524983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geo-equipe.it/userfiles/files/jofenunon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makojudo.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/gogowuvutajisezotoxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qclprm6nbubackjfl0gkdj2nq0/dofiwezomomemevutalozabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anupbolivia.com/images/files/35585587512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omgmediatank.com/userfiles/files/kitejixotegawilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hephatha100.com/clients/4/45/452f9a9cd3514f90eb92b3b4734a1f1d/File/vemosimonixipixurifoxagox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gqheuedelm49pne7o5cl0m0fv3/wujurew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reikihaus.com/clients/75291/File/64806388702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gencshoworganizasyon.com/upload/ckfinder/files/pegozurulimibajepebigenoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/81300776462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipea.kr/userData/board/file/bizimogupitavudinejenus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46eefbe1e82a62772871d268567b7898/puweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38gkmnaqin8n4kv1sv09i07dg2/39923793771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1aeb93870481b7d231015e1b557323c/dufavonijawujesenizis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rana-international.com/userfiles/files/47024361900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ed925e574---76208464703.pdfIn 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://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_off0000e873.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE873 18648 bytes
SHA-256: 5685d0e8152555d3ce64bf3890d8d24da018ee9281db403d27ff45ab75bcf58b
font_01_sfnt_off000117fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117FC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013013.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13013 10728 bytes
SHA-256: a6fd36a6eb0470190d54d512d047a424e8b2f4a6c7abcf6687fcd8b5c5365753

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