Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 525c8692d732240f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

148.0 KB Created: 2021-08-02 00:05:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1db99716f5e96cbd943438ae96d55985 SHA-1: 96a6a092e83f5b2403e9ede8a304866adcd56d59 SHA-256: 525c8692d732240fa3a1e66b30e9b9b22730e596906456adb81fcb39c5d84bb6
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with a high probability of being malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7506

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+find+acupressure+points PDF link annotation
    • http://ssteelelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lejusisoromefulujokez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maihome.hu/admin1/file/xovezafaxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073dedbdb2cd---dokudogupevunafolabinuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/kaxifojapesidageb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d451a651921---vetawip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1049ac759---61038654658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/588e9157756d57cd673924c0d41a3826/42740351801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tahitotfaluovodak.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95877134619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/tupix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espressoperfetto.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/pomosilonuvijudafilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608737af7cd8c---kibes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160759e0bc78d8---33673963956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hsound.ro/images/custom/file/18397141801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebell-city.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sugawove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d058531b8---84323352570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5317822142---mukuguwogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juhaszautovill.hu/userfiles/file/disuminobewixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a8c1795e6afe5328d3497f34d63cb5e/51591727587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telechips.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nerigitipajovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/45169388381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ciiinnovationsummit.com/ci/userfiles/files/60509536884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/042e3e4e73a14290b02dd57866606787/71557295338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shiphangnhanh.net/uploads/image/files/64731673693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infrabud.eu/fckpliki/file/podoxemikufibogapil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio70.eu/userfiles/files/42709953545.pdfIn 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_off000207f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x207F2 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 29463db48a4d2c38edc20b65c8d4f659c65aa91a23d2e61ff37f7e99c3075d0d
font_01_sfnt_off00022136.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22136 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00023943.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x23943 1992 bytes
SHA-256: a3b31fe0b2fa46057e51d107142d76974815ab110b0a602b3a03f72f197f9f3e