Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d25d67d52ff70c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-06-30 00:29:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bbfb4273c3148509388ac461e891079a SHA-1: f74aa6a89492c7b4f198ffccdaa5391dfb40d0fc SHA-256: 9d25d67d52ff70c6c39a2d26b386878bcfa5c1ed67ddb865dca8913ede4881f7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the heuristic firings point towards an attempt to lure users to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=optical+communication+and+networks+book+pdf
    • http://php-lounge.de/userfiles/file/vamedekifumi.pdf
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v6b8nkaeoct7ppthq807c1jsjj/fulakireferizufulex.pdf
    • http://www.hussco-steel.com/husscofiles/files/78948069292.pdf
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b95494400e---dubixorafuvuw.pdf
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607571406c8ad---70301755302.pdf
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/sakipokimejisetub.pdf
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbbe35b23bc---78942551430.pdf
    • https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38342a8a75b058b9c0cff832d9b2bf4f/85762595413.pdf
    • http://sacoorhealth.pt/site/upload/file/98663350298.pdf
    • https://htddienstverlening.nl/userfiles/file/berijumabudavekaviw.pdf
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608faa273fdf3---wavenixugifamalukujuzigu.pdf
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a83fa29a62d70727488a41e7ce37065/68597400762.pdf
    • http://icltindia.in/userfiles/file/31849225790.pdf
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a20b271af2---pugosamafevisapixijazod.pdf
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1u0foqsvtnjnkrrdb74r7497u/75977157319.pdf
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609acbbed6275---bupilikipomixalurowiz.pdf
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b05898ca044---50381326146.pdf
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/gavadisatufodu.pdf
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a25982c510a---sogujinudosade.pdf
    • http://phrabat.net/UserFiles/File/55751515579.pdf
    • https://espiber.cl/images/uploadedimages/file/xixerawipovade.pdf
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9b576228c6747ddb0ebf1fe51295e87/mojarisegezegozes.pdf
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/16291517330.pdf
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a5c5e8f83e32e08c7fafc6244239d87/72253528144.pdf
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2f2501d08f---bonevafovumoga.pdf
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f00f7e24f3cc616c666802929676d21/84598826901.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_off0000f092.bin
bed17a409000d13a29a68cf5a1a4748e1af6ff3a37b39137c79cb57db73b4097
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF092 11224 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010abb.bin
93f1722a466e06323ddd3fdd9954369a09f2c0c642a77051f941eed130a580a7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ABB 16900 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000136e1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136E1 16792 bytes