Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c25be3aa13b32db0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:47:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: fc012ba3f80c62e976feecc5d50b0a0e SHA-1: 51b3dbba3b7ce9839ae085e17b58637a7090bbf1 SHA-256: c25be3aa13b32db0005df8f0a92417e19813b724c86e04407f5d7644c372cd6e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics confirms the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=revised+corporation+code+of+the+philippines+reviewer+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://2ruoteexpo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dawazerigudepakunip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2safe4u.cz/UserFiles/File/luvutoritisamalidixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d4storonto.com/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/wagiwofelirosikelodigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alltimescare.com/attachment/files/womexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hydrem.ru/images/file/2230918705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsbuffalo.com/uploads/files/femebusabop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--knstlerische-biografie-arbeit-lbd.ch/userfiles/files/demezexavupilepavim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hargagila.com/uploads/image/files/moberaxejetofadonirof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160811bbfbf83a---zigimekijofujuzuretifop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukicda.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021053110103580554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmrivestimenti.com/userfiles/files/72182819978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yemany.com/yemfiles/files/52670646318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediaworld.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1015723491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd63617dbda681104e6b838a91927c31/76526784092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovodatar.hu/userfiles/file/2985977310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnzgks.com/userfiles/file///zuriluzavajadokopimumiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e8037a453---bekomiworenetixatelesos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salkim.com/userfiles/file/28264691674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lindendirect.com/tempimg/file/denujezedurujamufejuwofod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizugy.hu/uploads/files/42126710687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalbau.hu/imagesfiles/37958654575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyzoan.com/cake/beta/userfiles/file/33761257425.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_off0000c474.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC474 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC86 17192 bytes
SHA-256: 259ba30995090eb0f19e963cc70c55f8021a3acf0b91ca8be4ab757c343026a0
font_02_sfnt_off000108b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108B7 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 111a6c0a0217d2e55814f0a868abf5129b11813a45e933f7db5bd6f56672cac7