Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 825692acc65ab668…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-06-27 11:13:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 495a59ac24c7943d2fb19fc06db36a81 SHA-1: 5a690971b0539ad93af6c454edaa4ba0e5e4cd05 SHA-256: 825692acc65ab668cbfa31f21ab474f37dc29825be4fc1c82b14684a0119fdab
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The file contains a link farm pointing to numerous disposable domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting an attempt to obscure the true malicious destination. The embedded URLs likely serve as lures to download further payloads or redirect users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cannot+download+pdf
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08c8789c292997bcb0303251d318fef3/gunurajopebijuluzurego.pdf
    • https://vico-inmobiliaria.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76917175549.pdf
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a998bbb2c1d1cdcbccda4f7d27c9da5/pemijolanugufopix.pdf
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092f24a15066---36481392413.pdf
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kad18uusfjne4o4mm5tp83sgjt/76143181003.pdf
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160876eedb7dee---ruminanivezizozekexu.pdf
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c613f956bad---23192838430.pdf
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c4c4442589---8970404058.pdf
    • http://bestapp4u.com/admin/uploadedfiles/file/vovigidojopuma.pdf
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a34c0a9e42528562a2925fb7346e6cf7/54839400307.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ba9c5541d---paxejekiwatafuvevos.pdf
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ebceb6fb52---nuvimaxinulupuvukifugole.pdf
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/fumazamitu.pdf
    • https://childconcern.in/trila/userfiles/file/pilegiketelanazefawupeko.pdf
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/ruxexabotenetivazora.pdf
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3d2c545d61---508799682.pdf
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/sivokewun.pdf
    • http://alfavit.tv/userfiles/file/jubirikiwubudo.pdf
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/diwikalixepamalovedosi.pdf
    • http://massageindex.nl/images/uploads/28047358552.pdf
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4d48f8e740648129e7e373efe2e0e4d/93549554344.pdf
    • https://larustt.com/upload/ckfinder/files/fopemoduzipu.pdf
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6b5728f163---70402757411.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d24c.bin
c44ace108c28f2acd7691139a6c7bdf0e46803c8b317ac1026aff3a25c9e376a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD24C 16816 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe24.bin
190c3d7760b65a2bfdc962fc4d1e22d6d24c3b89deeb5b145d9e53882c382bac
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE24 10116 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000114f1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114F1 16792 bytes