Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d25769e21b205fd5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 23:01:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 46509dc1fe09a362f65bfc39ad9fb70d SHA-1: 48d8da43dbbed3650793c60c63b2dbcfd54e34f1 SHA-256: d25769e21b205fd5e0c29275dbcfe817b8e2cadba9de93cd199d48fd29c6dead
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites 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 for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of common malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=seerah+quiz+questions+and+answers+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://digemnd.com/UserFiles/file/67586293982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siam-royal-view.ru/data/files/91862528070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrtowing.ca/Lawyers/userfiles/file/zokafog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop-ecobati.com/medias/upload/files/pupififiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eldorado777.ro/upload/editor/file/tosopuviwonatodategesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ppei0ocihc8ljq1hu217c8dme5/kulizat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/bojopujurivukokujukutijad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ailizia.com/userfiles/duxixibewunafiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5e8fc377e---67039200999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/303a057085fe56445cf4c22d0d114439/45041272920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kphcic95tn2r9pv02crfhgpa2m/fazotiwofuwufuzeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c3edsa8707p7fpaes6v9udv4o/rexivelugasedeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escrima-rlp.de/userfiles/file/nezepavizudefagokuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikima.fr/uploads/file/43836815125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/svcatu7jpmr9o9rdm04epn3h6f/rodubiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986b07078e1---zekikoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6pq14s6ngc72l7ggkl4rtqsoh4/juxaketosakagibijopisafap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d681446affdab64c2a36f54eb2dba9b/38699019988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b409a2cb6---fimufewitefetilekof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freshchannels.com/home/sites/freshchannels/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rewuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-schools2.com/userfiles/files/nunubutusegasobelamazege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ovth.ch/userfiles/files/lifigefajose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mangmalungtea.com/userfiles/file/vepadonatesupolagivo.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_off00010ff1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FF1 11016 bytes
SHA-256: faa544f2adbf0d0bca889abcb9435ac0778e53e4c837817a8676ffe93f1c8870
font_01_sfnt_off0001295f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1295F 21332 bytes
SHA-256: 1120ca9bcd31d12aa8d6ce89b19c965b9b9f300078036d75e678060b945a638c
font_02_sfnt_off000160e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x160E3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1