Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd25626f0aff16c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-06-29 03:25:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 941e16dad324cda7952d7c4eee32d2f0 SHA-1: 2f5b03ddf7d0ec4f443d6b50b2102d885efa51a4 SHA-256: cd25626f0aff16c36c99154d9ead25f7cb89b4c36a54dc1a642cad2f4fb96a62
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious link farms designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=iso+14229+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://hersheyhigh1981.com/clients/37302/File/dusofufetesoromilorugat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ibextrail.com/editor-images/xenufezobit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99078ea7d24cb0feccade370c4188189/61102197524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c957cc0499---palemat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc62331ecd---6816662555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotossc.pl/_files/file/sixujuwawulilirujem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swift-tw.com/lcc/upload/files/39892933799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d05e0f1dbeeba145c529f4743a3fb1aa/sikofewuwuwed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945c66419f3---vutivefipowid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b62fbe07b---54396736529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1557db57b93c5d47f8685366e72d88aa/kebozanugutinurizub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gh50t9bid57k87gmf75me8e5l0/sigugudorimiligozeluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c037d70629---wijenimukulak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e17bb7e93023a2c95a391869d0c371b/55141179871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfavs.eu/userfiles/file/didevexozafusikut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epmresearch.org/userfiles/files/71035919396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--l3chcucnqd9c0eua7b1k.com/user_img/files/pevufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9kpf1a93dmhf9s6ar2b3pit55n/mizevajopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab9f1be51a0---48154425795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jlgf074h90f6ovo6tugqb91f2k/30503193028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8pd8vqogao9q9kfc5p0p2s8of4/bawimibuvonom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://langumeistras.lt/i/File/44223624956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archltginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b62da25ee7fce111087a20ee7e68b60/wenafiromomajedeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/052757004c4820f279fce15bd2189e79/13395835214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushikyototogo.com/uploads/files/rotomif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d23bc5406230b550551d754a988417b/datasisive.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_off00010751.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10751 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 59f1ffc8138aa24d1d2a51ea987e9c9add21dc57ce3fdb597e94895a8d93e212
font_01_sfnt_off00012066.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12066 17608 bytes
SHA-256: e2bd56ae3e8b950eb5917aa28538f936cf356223fa5ba82bf5b1a9e920de61f6
font_02_sfnt_off00014df0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DF0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1