Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b25e897d437e08a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-07-07 17:07:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f43b579461f444f8c22c173fd6b1cefc SHA-1: 3d93be59cccabd25c893b7a0195bceeb10ba9b15 SHA-256: b25e897d437e08a6ddae77f1ae556049455915bec6c4186e45522f30fdfb43da
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. The document's structure as a link farm suggests an attempt to lure users to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b55a7988ed4---kafikeniwed.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dkyangmei.com/uploadfile/file/2021062223022873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e6195382b6c21e0c6bf00d679e54e17/mivepabemizufiwolexat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketoanaca.com/uploads/image/files/jiwamusaketatob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-pisanie-prac.pl/famprojekt_z_serwera/images/file/bogozaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcccphucvinh.com/upload/files/wojariboragimubatunalijix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a012cf31b4---pikivosapulezexiwigopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jtadi50aq1fgb73h7r0gbjpatd/baraset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henca.com/files/details/file/11080926539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ca2d3eef8852c3398e7979f47d72aec/najuguwirovuludawefarenog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a8d61760d---lurunemililinotibewon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larioenergy.net/uploads/file/88890208096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae2fcb2c38---tevotorekomufexikarave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ba6d776d4---99495433474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c36d131997a---86210404631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d89facceea---xirapiwopuwarozuloxivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/32223216799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f32d70cfcf---1346004554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddtv59ie54dhta9m1lcp704i9a/70373499952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/90528246323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c8f173df4---xadufus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mav-auto.ru/images/file/30757477727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f2109848be---xanokomedurasixab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detikakdeti.ru/img/file/22925749370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+start+a+memo+introductionPDF 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_off0000f3b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3B5 10664 bytes
SHA-256: c5f58e9047bdc9bd4d80e0ead77938df910cb0484cf20a8ad095cabe5abc68fc
font_01_sfnt_off00010c26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C26 17020 bytes
SHA-256: 241a0e11a8e1a13329ef63c2642ee831d61c034c59a36e8e0749b4b02375be5f
font_02_sfnt_off0001387d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1387D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1