Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a25b7ae06b86a7a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-07-13 05:04:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 6fd64807fae699e928a93510b39051a6 SHA-1: 1ac05a14df77cb7ca2b97132a423a41affdd90c0 SHA-256: a25b7ae06b86a7a99eed9629adb87809ee8c91d2430911b458a0b78890cf5afe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to lure users into downloading further malicious content or submitting sensitive information. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not directly analyzed for specific actions, is a common vector for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kim9f02km8tbjpejt94mlcjs3u/84898627847.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tnk0kn4qnoabgirrikaftrlkgf/boratikinajefanuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6a653d31350b44432420f3c335a85e6/82761813923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fhnursrkj2gfic6qpf21s4kal0/biwufemularolafebigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/rajubukinumiwodenikemor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d90ec7aadac8d78f5d026c6f39e8ebf/84805682386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parokisantolukas.org/Uploads/userfiles/files/xunivuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/zavilariwijawiriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brlairport.com/images/file/gabimikarijotawasewab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/gogewuzarumafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b210ed3a0f8861199a7fb9db3d44b67/60534346056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076be9be41d3---37527379142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c369c5168b2---9561568883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gooae32gmno6bdrj24qtafgakh/tejozudezit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rkqog9dse8gfnnkncm52cpc906/7212863911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio1bet.net/contents//files/xuwipigigawaboteniwir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9f91339f2---61039480957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094862f2685e---sajira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thelewisfamilyreunion.com/clients/c/ce/ce72a6ed4f7059d305e3bbfb121cee90/File/35461824244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hud101.vn/webroot/img/posts/files/76479610484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vicotelecom.vn/static/source/images/file/72815712364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d61a21c02---ratalof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=spider+solitaire+2+suits+card+gamesPDF 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_off0000e6aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6AA 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 45f06d6dcbad983992334eed35ed71969fe564110a0240deeb514293df55e399
font_01_sfnt_off0001003b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1003B 16776 bytes
SHA-256: 8ff75d63e26d16337a1d9d7e27eeec32651abd3fd32ea4c699e769c54f0d36fb
font_02_sfnt_off00012bb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BB1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1