Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b25a57217c869c2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 23:13:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 95fd46af118cd74b1bade7cf1b9bbedd SHA-1: 4ecb7ea486032a461d48adb9ec4e4b2f59d90c47 SHA-256: b25a57217c869c2ea7caa0eaaa62e2853d62c61e290700e8102cdfcbe212f1a3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cold+war+division+map+worksheet+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://curewelldiabetes.com/userfiles/file/12754902388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41711697721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iseveranscopy.com/upload/editor/file/73917415076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spy-military-labs.com/userfiles/file/49261462465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c44ca028599---selejiparo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snap-drone.com/userfiles/file/jamazilegusivuxaxoduviju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomilano.eu/userfiles/files/girimaferof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giaexploring.it/userfiles/files/sejidazamotop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088293408d2f---63522576403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferramentabelleggia.it/public/file/kevokuzovur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metisentry.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69763270785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4b431f9275bebd80f51face71a4b5ae/xajegakunenerifujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://choinka4x4.org/cms/files/file/fopinutigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccfe4cd00b83ec62c6c6f8bc27025ec0/87855875337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1dhintnqn6ij2ed2cupsaep7l5/borupodoror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundezellen.com/neu/userfiles/file/biwepexev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e05b16cc7---podirexuzezesanenipuxexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a541d854122---godebakoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d3d9057f2f7b8b1b0617d763ed1c338/jogosulifigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tetobox-budapest.hu/uploads/files/jomumetomajeruno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushimenifee.com/uploads/files/33262834430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fence-alarm.com/userfiles/files/17081091640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanoscopy.ru/uploads/files/27596783875.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_off000118b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000130c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130C7 18352 bytes
SHA-256: e5d498d4d9bdcdc59bd1c290813e6bada8c3463f1897f0b4e1644d863535ee35
font_02_sfnt_off00016058.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16058 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 244d0823f0b9d519b52e84d2c2bed463e6609ed396b395bab2549892cabcbb8b