Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa25274e4119bc55…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-08-02 16:55:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 0252d334eb0b7ced1257c96777324636 SHA-1: 10206fcb401b0f211b2ace82b5b764cff3015404 SHA-256: aa25274e4119bc55a9499961a32a187a9b2250093a1b6ecd6c675b457a7e48d1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting sites. The primary goal appears to be redirecting users to potentially harmful content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f4d487c48180988c2138ee8ad79f902/gidunizekatiribefixik.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090c7f2bb6a4---luwuxajuxabitimexunur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e2ee8e1f7dcccf2af7fa82e43f47209/mowes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1339c8a42914afe3e5cc7f1fcea3098/84748953835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piotrkowska77.pl/zdjeciafile/19211048087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76b391b275c2a252285f58e2ff6a5679/75899144399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--3e0b556bhrbowi6undva.com/ckupload/files/jufegotagix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607263616a63b---74625239671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leresto-niort.fr/images/userfiles/files/nunizuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crackershrimp.com/file_media/file_image/file/41465118514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.com/bangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/wefijugonanet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhiminhhien.com/media/ftp/file/70261643462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab3b8bf40fa---vejetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-uchebnici.com/img/file/36173501842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ovtpto6uhft0ksd2cutlk82m5/67812385461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/653565c8f70b92ac47a58184914cd142/jakokofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ktdqhmminfm15garbkbpr672g6/zubaxekukekugowibilufigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66ff2528b218e3ce99a65a1741e3df69/sugagibaruvizoligusodul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e96546c391---92632354849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31388a7959ca4585787b28eaf38f37b6/lutaxelotakij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.supremecaravans.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuvelazafifebar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voziky-paletove.cz/mctree.cz/pictures/other/files/82247554656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d043975be94c6b01e1db7a2a363379ad/nusimujapelevuvul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=words+or+phrases+that+appeal+to+the+reader%27s+5+sensesPDF 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_off0000fad1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAD1 16948 bytes
SHA-256: ddd736d6c4e8783c8ef5cdc0aed029536847536980f161e74828a26ae6d6ba31
font_01_sfnt_off000126cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126CB 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 1c92ac51558416806928372b2105b8f1ccd309b726fed2ebf58429cf7f3272d7
font_02_sfnt_off00013ef2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EF2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1