Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 525feb61a4571904…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.4 KB Created: 2021-09-14 13:20:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 7ca1090c0143c1be8fc0f8be2eee8e1b SHA-1: 9aa18eea3479805a4cef9a4384e672014d6a1f6b SHA-256: 525feb61a45719043a017cd6dab207de1291f87285c9efd649928736d1117fa9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites. The embedded URLs, such as http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f0319f409b---dopopisifosotitexalimi.pdf, are likely intended to host further malicious content or facilitate phishing attempts.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9888

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 http://aguito.madteam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81695078004.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lex.tj/img/file/75326785149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shieldtech.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rufubekir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majedalkarkhi.com/pics/file/82983725193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ingatlanfelugyelet.hu/uploads/file/16699306543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gj576a6vnhf303v81vlqtlhsl2/84785124007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flims.atelierleuthold.ch/userfiles/files/87246907804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosaletta.it/userfiles/files/pewupewikotidusanakun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yongqingtech.com/d/files/lakixopepidutiputixawijon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78ee434a82a3e389e0a4e7909fa90eaf/63489448655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopadive.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8969204989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wietsevoermans.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mejufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ofly.om-digitalsolutions.cn/upload/files/zitom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-echen.com/uploads/files/202109140603514638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fratellilongoni.com/userfiles/files/gonirunugidurabemirim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlumacz-lipno.pl/pdrzewiecki/files/sideso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161350ac5a26ee---kunuwelixupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakdekkersindex.nl/images/uploads/1141818271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nullemont.fr/nullemont/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35761831471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.net/upfiles/file/miloregurasazuvunisazos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613502a153170---bopetibejipotabugitozef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bda5d7c1fb---dubuzikekewasoneboku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f0319f409b---dopopisifosotitexalimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139ce9d4c73e---bepinoverusaxefaminal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selispin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/rimilarafiximirorujiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135cf6389a61---47267095344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=working+of+class+b+push+pull+amplifierPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010eb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EB0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000126c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126C7 11156 bytes
SHA-256: 4a76ccd46985748c2318a79f1bcd0ff6824e7160c5976f5a50bfbe239a2a6025
font_02_sfnt_off00014070.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14070 18016 bytes
SHA-256: 56c244cb21f3e4bdff784129c25ff81080a93851766889f057a56aa8ddcd2861