Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 825ce1a0768dec3a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:14:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 1ae2eda4abaf804682dc3d153b5f3ee2 SHA-1: 94ba7a3d2db3f70fa8b90c2af3f2c1da9300cd0a SHA-256: 825ce1a0768dec3ac19dec5f4e29608892247a8739b9540e6be572b2d5af79d2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, pointing to numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or redirection scheme. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF structure itself are indicative of an attempt to lure users to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cubic+m+to+litres PDF link annotation
    • https://chambredhotes-savoie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28577646791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db66e30efa2---tizizasoxezepibudol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hck5lqur3q9m8m7vck8gjj1alj/marutudukiladuxokozepusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westernmaki.com/uploads/files/pasususemided.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074cfd12ce66---53678769024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montrealinkwell.com/clients/c/c4/c478fb9048b4d856ed1aa16e2301f982/File/91629918451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c78ab058585---zulobawiran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a0c302eef---43208804693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callmarkinvestments.com/callmark/files/tuvifusurepigifevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hubbardfamilycircle.com/clients/62940/File/biwejinalupuxegiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87b60c129646142a756fcfe63674e8c3/93820895733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a85a16220a94a30a92562edda6512252/113102437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccj.jp/images/uploads/fckeditor/file/45094167397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39cad155757cd27b587c366f8bec5ed6/jajunok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1865108a587d5537904d5fdbaadedd9/rozajifuberupek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vigiweb.cl/dinamicos/files/file/zagemewenubikivol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.com/app/webroot/img/files/62708244792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/81309418754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021052207484820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76fg0ml69e06j6lna2h7b7nfs1/62581209365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8cfc450fb6---gevogekoderoledufos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075bdedd8b65---renelavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/jawesipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/47316615736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertfeinberglaw.com/images/edit_images/file/67878541355.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_off0000dbee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBEE 19020 bytes
SHA-256: 09815c32c8fe6e8f72975b60402675ccb124d74f39ed77cfa3b8a662afd88e12
font_01_sfnt_off00010ce6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CE6 10396 bytes
SHA-256: dda4be5acaf9bb615b108f159e9209951de3647cc233d6dfd4234f570e6d6423
font_02_sfnt_off0001247a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1247A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1