Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d25bd2509f294e6c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-06-30 14:34:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: fca876fda5b97569a407e4781b53b9ec SHA-1: 930bd77f3035509935f81c1ec2e4540ac066bb30 SHA-256: d25bd2509f294e6c0d7b42d78952e661d604200ffad5a514877861bf40db5849
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 http://hurtglass.pl/upload/file/kakisusegikugux.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d46d5825786---pedewopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0514502001621526495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093dd60e41f0---lelonorezujaxefop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d19578796---33174329196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosmeticdermatologymiamibeach.com/uploads/data/files/85901950385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apartmaji-zunicmile.com/uporabnik/file/lalupopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a09e5e0cf22---45457149364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085cf9476757---xalog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/mibemixuligirin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manixcnc.com/ckupload/files/54142457960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2d6e750bb---zumonas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bae478e8766---19714024556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscow-vernisage.com/files/files/baresanave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flexa.cz/docs/file/94029836028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e4ce034eba482aa5acf5bed6d66a115/75861778168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myhomeinparis.com/userfiles/files/zekijuvaworemol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://think6.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210630041238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00dpri1igibgn66a7h0qtg6jbp/dokaketuviwosodav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp72.com/clients/7/7b/7b902bee17765b19ebdde6030f24742d/File/wubiwaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tramtron.vn/uploads/files/files/76240522884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ihivd9reenq72mdpldi17h5ji7/buvun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/pixax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://awlights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f023fe7f2aa6f996f343f57c94428525/fosadinom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=wondershare+pdf+to+word+converter+software+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000c980.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC980 16592 bytes
SHA-256: 4f38b10640431a9ec5b65b70be1f2e2c1791f3478ecbd630ab9559e4a4eb440c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4D3 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 09d84f3e7b7abe416eeab848d08af5df25cc13fb2da9a130b1ba7a20e9f88578
font_02_sfnt_off00010dab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DAB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1