Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac25b3a12dc57e5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 03:09:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 7976bf30c41b1122830723aead0f5932 SHA-1: 3b2da41c96fcf764501bdfbea9f946514d7915de SHA-256: ac25b3a12dc57e5c883949a937923f5ed64f94661dd8d6cfb7b1ab42c864d65e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains a large number of embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and numerous external links are indicative of a malicious PDF designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=support+and+resistance+zones+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609144eae4d50---86963417232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d3e3463710---lowabibalopefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8fe49f336761f53be5a54a499cc2250/funuxubufazurupetarodugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1kt2ccdvga1vj5ud0lvrfp4qq4/sasaxoxedefarow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607711b396d90---14338383709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perles-del-beya.com/userfiles/file/18018398918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8386a016c31a03b4eb32b67a00edf35/gefoferevevolusubadiworo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071814c205fd---58852956001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ssc-ras.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bejode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olsztyntransportmedyczny.pl/userfiles/file/bugiwoluni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celcg.pl/uploaded/file/liresi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosiriosrl.it/userfiles/files/89190604536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/973c54daedd79053e0ea116f55fd6c26/34401384223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de4362a647---petegogivomuserabup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikoljski.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bovekuwupapomamawawomaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ozsersogutma.com/upload/files/82007495511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnmichaelharrisonlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/26590462443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jakketoes.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36831244993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7235fdb7e9f11c62410357c90f1a7187/fotomefenadiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077120f6322e---57068846033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handsonmontessoripk.com/userfiles/files/xixewuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immobilgold.com/file/53821731451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ugyvednok.hu/userfiles/file/6502658215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b5c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cdd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDD8 10800 bytes
SHA-256: 171cd2df2856e5dc35131e9db09f29400d39a129e7c9e58d4fa1849dad6bf6f8
font_02_sfnt_off0000e6de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6DE 15404 bytes
SHA-256: 381b1afe3b18187deef1f939bd4caba3c8a79f4784397255628275ec80237b32