Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d25707186d121b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 15:19:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e6b4ecd4d4e00a1c2774f4e1bf8b21f0 SHA-1: 17b288759a8e1539661b6c0445e3bf6b830e0abb SHA-256: 8d25707186d121b0d59b4304287423dfc691353c1a8417c04cca224d7dc5befd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a link farm designed to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate an attempt to exploit users through deceptive links, likely as part of a phishing campaign or to deliver further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b87f0b55056---berejokawifovav.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1dea11af6---16896368001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7a79f13066---13807089547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayamedbursa.com/userfiles/file/bifojuwuxekajowajorij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwaywest1974.com/clients/861606/File/samemafabilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gvs-russia.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39978973028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fec04b2b983bbba280289a082118317c/wosodadakojipimib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://year-c.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-21/20210621230817277718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e16774ee7---sibixepibupimalivodupiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fccd9ea0f8---85079694482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://presstone.hu/userfiles/file/74325565564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca1a4abaaa---soboxabutimoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e-recycling.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/14960715207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mya1fc.com/files/ckuploads/files/88653127786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9jkjoqvrfcp86l918qdv3qmse1/tedizewosadaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16115121aa3d81---dapixatixiduvelowufiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scottsdalehighbeavers1978.com/clients/80197/File/miriwovuduxusigew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.la-melodie-des-saveurs.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35060676924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fultoys.com/userfiles/lixibexil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2b986124c---75658286094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xyoaa.org/sites/default/files/files/jinotutolumadopiwejudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuswapladystriders.ca/userfiles/file/10528364025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/54905022703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rsun.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duzagodopikafup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ufb0360fsk49egefukbos1clht/jivexegadobusugizada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=display+hidden+worksheets+in+excel+2016PDF 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_off0000d72a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD72A 18028 bytes
SHA-256: 323e4a01b4c809d8132b6089327e10a0d77b99aee14e1559d00a018a6b220380
font_01_sfnt_off00010582.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10582 11468 bytes
SHA-256: 73535144a3a38158d697a0bbc63c6ddf9af4df5476afb2ce6f54aeb000f47a30
font_02_sfnt_off000120c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120C0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1