Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 525c483a4cf6efaf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.0 KB Created: 2021-07-01 19:21:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 9d0fab117d57388dc1d3208c70a9fc42 SHA-1: 0c3e972d6b4c3d316ff7884c3555b4f08aef4d26 SHA-256: 525c483a4cf6efaf581678b645e6a15ebb7d236f832a5c8a0083b8ceb34cc893
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=greetings+and+polite+expressions+for+kindergarten PDF link annotation
    • https://foxtailmag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5fbe2dd3904d1d5b7f7f70c4e1b1435/zigenino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ade8c133698---54618007792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782d35b65cf---50392764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maility.pl_adresuserfiles/file/56734154755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranaghatpchsschool.org/userfiles/file/74196137195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plastikacz.cz/soubory/files/76074812103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e2323972fda8be78949292d5cb710b2/80089704433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81ce43b57eabf6ecde295cffd48dc691/fasinuwokikuviviratarigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marigabung.com/contents//files/28365598287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d18365d46f4---38390664114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkontakt.pl/dat//file/vasapekopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6o23f4inuq1160avttg6v2lks2/86699813584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geostudio.eu/userfiles/files/dukeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scamps.biz/userfiles/file/28417855743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hbsbnh2v8ipg3kfb1pi940oj85/zajawopolorebetunejaloduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb191d3a4a5---netadizuxefomowabisowem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.rs/slicice/file/wovabedagizopivifaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff27b18049---puniponamoxujiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31c37b006b3102b7b1ed869e470c122e/650667581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tikatalog.sk/_files/file/21111345371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsskzy.com/userfiles/file/15206663564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/popofuzosimafivivometij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rkakj3v1llv5d7f54m32725cq2/piduvimu.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_off0000fe7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE7D 17220 bytes
SHA-256: f34c3abe085486ce23c436ac00ef7161f1df4cbdea59b20a4ab66386584cd7e6
font_01_sfnt_off00012b5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B5D 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 1d60bb965011808b3e04966a90a1094b7eee2e23790f1583874112fc7d8125a3
font_02_sfnt_off0001448e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1448E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1