Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ade25bab972b89b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 06:11:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: d9355d51e2efcb0da09e8717c20cbcc5 SHA-1: c27b2d9e4bfd607d17df142b4289bd252d129062 SHA-256: ade25bab972b89b12c7622c35fcad2af18f51d3a2d0e90020fbfc6cbf9a27726
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting it acts as a lure to redirect users to potentially harmful content. The presence of external URIs and a link farm on disposable hosting further supports its role in distributing or facilitating access to malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://thedestinbeachhouses.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/266e36d670f006c1a131159e5b5bf17a/22777165858.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://suleymanporoy.com/img/userfiles/files/nimaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eef29ee1cd---54335628804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turdv.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/75262931527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ec5cb51f88---vibonikewuramegutifiviwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dioceseofniranam.org/userfiles/file/19014905610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e58b2736c324392ac77af7a4cc163bc7/71622158145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanamihic.com//files/8098013044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098408b91090---ledevaviwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bdd480de0ede7c7d3a873890262cf51/54255403929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermogroup.ru/uploads/files/kaniwowikukulomuluvexeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081dff281d3c---fosuxesidenokede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f1c2468127---63740931702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsde.com/uploads/files/94513332016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pechati-piter.ru/userfiles/file/59369031946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bean2beenefamilytree.com/clients/60578/File/jakamabitajiladiwida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c18c04210193eb9892746404e3d8be50/44007727484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6907f37b86---86170973165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d9fc7d1169---fijivamawilet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1b7b8bdfe---tajigufovemelele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kjnr1a31iu87mpgn34dsqnapv0/45259845060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ansonseatery.com/uploads/files/bidupukenupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=arthur+miller+all+my+sons+pdf+espa%C3%B1olPDF 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_off0000b409.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB409 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC1B 14724 bytes
SHA-256: e14b048f2dbadd367b10aac0458d9bb6b53af88e1442f4fe394557d092561656
font_02_sfnt_off0000f0dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0DD 11164 bytes
SHA-256: 27bb8ba43752e13e44dcae4e29acefd6255ed1c671412049a2f6653183203804