Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a25632759770c813…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.8 KB Created: 2021-07-31 03:13:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: bd49d470a1deaefe08ba19815696e983 SHA-1: ddb8cc235720e39d464702fcfc7f849191f0d61f SHA-256: a25632759770c8139868edc4f643ee081369d0fe5cf73ba51064ba4cdb5c7175
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports this malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://globeksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25235446264.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kalyna.ua/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/77431665654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riversedgefm.com/files/file/46114994290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mma-montessori.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44294823749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicobergamaschi.it/userfiles/files/vuxalasufevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d474f2a959---vifixosanivawojufiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ffec89d3ce9f9a4274f97a469d062fd/21787339184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b950b08218a---jeroxagesugazofawometupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f063b1c65ac---85098223003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c358b12d0fd---topamutunirujerenom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.info/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///12589996708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e2d0f62a6f501cfcfc7d49cab5eeacd/nilupofimafax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fetogram.ir/images/upload/files/43069569766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.evisiontiendaonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32938970016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4d64e19b48---judakonapaxezov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/usi56ngn5n418nek15c18vqh34/3292582213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vvgpmo7ob4rc5on2jts309p6kk/luxuwutavepokom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bendhigh1970.com/clients/1/10/106e6567aa8bd3cecf4080670b11bd10/File/32061832029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4de4f4575e30b6054b198cb36fd17c02/78834775506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750842ab041---lobezemudezil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b1c14bf85b---25989275860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workcoop.org/fckeditor/userimages/file/20210716211347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=where+is+the+filter+on+my+frigidaire+affinity+front+load+washerPDF 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_off0001100f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1100F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012826.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12826 10992 bytes
SHA-256: 5f337cb2cad57c3084d57808ed5a6e189296c8cd4a3d91e2aebacce8e15e0e18
font_02_sfnt_off0001415b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1415B 17404 bytes
SHA-256: 5dca1d5699a75da8486746caa02c2035e49585555f45bfbcdcb9166ece494a6d