Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b25669aa1485444e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.4 KB Created: 2021-07-30 19:41:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ce82e8ba67cd82a3c753d1ba050c035f SHA-1: a90b4b1b8770aa202d8ee553418d5d5b3c18f666 SHA-256: b25669aa1485444e9b87cab7a6053c8cac129d00170e5747f79c0ddeda042091
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to external sites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of multiple external links and the nature of the heuristic firings strongly suggest the PDF is used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=similarities+between+spoken+and+written+language+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://danburyhighclassof1961.com/clients/b/b4/b42d7d7907ff1a67dd6fd366dd3c6775/File/tepebowadosapupokebudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altonika.pro/files/fck/file/95551959631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1gpn339imqsdk3p7vjqa180bt4/foduravelow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burelomdo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36206137800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montagnobozzone.it/userfiles/files/virupejisosiwoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d69e1a8d8---70023822406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/btrdiq2hr1osrrdigi80qgsdi3/651558080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b39265d29a---7163944888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chineseclothingonline.net/File/zofusavoxunokujefunuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texmet.pl/userimages/file/pugolof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08tacammuq9sbpe252u3uhm217/22823304452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c83655c7a3---12563037159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.com/files/files/80781407754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c11ebdf3bd---kewibefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a141c4df21d---96778785303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf42ebe61b---gomirexonijapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/61333001693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1abc773feb---34477127375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070222e73c71---89718084977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/butajuzadowumowixowesiraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lmyc.net/clients/875386/File/31227672786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bruningfoundation.com/clients/9/99/99acc79c432c4c389b364f5b25189af3/File/zasakasole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vdu2dgk3hfq9qbmnjrj6nt9t90/nowitebexaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.info/contents//files/komijajilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88d17a7859c3c44d11636f6ad2eed1f7/donudifinaforar.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_off00010804.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10804 11332 bytes
SHA-256: 1b090f8181a2688c4860563d573343e96e75e315327480964f82be6e52b5019b
font_01_sfnt_off0001223e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1223E 17176 bytes
SHA-256: 4c242eab3cbe6687cc16b3350110946e00c3e3f116b99b34e4e88546cce2fe5a
font_02_sfnt_off00014ec2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14EC2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1