Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b425a86806b9319e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-07-15 22:01:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: e65c0d07373433076d77b98a02e179d2 SHA-1: 374d9e55276961244cad8646b4346ccc217a5cea SHA-256: b425a86806b9319ee2e68bb3da0d92feb4f104ee6416b4eb7863610facee93e3
156 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 functions as a link farm, presenting numerous URLs that point to compromised websites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly indicate that the primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=comparative+and+superlative+test+online PDF link annotation
    • http://www.vikingmaterials.com/img/86357832979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b05f4059dc---89831336615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.com/slicice/file/dabawox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://therealmccoyfamilyreunion.com/clients/f/f9/f9ea119420dddc0cc5ac7622830b9f68/File/99059028412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.basur-tedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f07ef7d64b---53899917439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b26mtqb4husbggs24bso0r7gdu/mavif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cayxaotamphan.net/userfiles/image/file/58499076755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayjack.com/upload/files/31342873225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/55986799260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iva-vietnam.com/userfiles/file/lomozajusenajizijom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funkydrop.shop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e1124d968216d3b1d147b8522ef1b8e/divawirewivefefok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qt21ent5stjc6adbbj9csb5kv7/31700523197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d656a084e38---pivunorisawenem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b16d886b74d---67016649302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a905d8a3a99a87f1b33b227064c10494/lokusomuletogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipsyclinic.com/userfiles/file/20210520233538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb84dc6225---mapewiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnaminsight.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tugujukupudezonunasesop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160811154f22b3---timotesosojizerib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.artikel238.nl/emmwebbit/resources/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46306793256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fidelishospice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kulovinurawuvogimujogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfekttorun.pl/pliki/fefuwujunogixoxabulikogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccofvglrdris74j12v5tdedhps/bobeserodoletanasigerapig.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_off0000e876.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE876 17968 bytes
SHA-256: f4a4f1323f1a5cdd48309b977ef02c4abf78933750700c19d02f4249d4213e46
font_01_sfnt_off00011762.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11762 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012f79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F79 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 9f409400f1c78e2cf2bc2f10560ad73b469aa7a1a7d9597f3a15e2b802c1b232