Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d25e7450e07d20c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 13:19:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: b5ee51d0dbefabd93cca36349a5a36f9 SHA-1: 4f049dfe308efa2ff11ebb572bed8e164fbe513c SHA-256: d25e7450e07d20c32405d6610bb8eae31c0c2a5c0447122872c55f3682a33b64
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature. The file's primary function appears to be directing users to potentially harmful external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e411e3c837---6771591650.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lube-stc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xajufize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nstoplana.rs/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50584381409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linhkienhunganh.vn/luutru/files/vegesomekelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-engine.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/libigojujovoguruta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/29086225303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://binhchuachay.info/Images_upload/files/wepixatimugewerulaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e01a30e4569e85bdf4c147a34ccf63d/2799966620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://farmacieitaliane.com/documenti/file/48170817050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607406939669f---xenorixajapizam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auksozvynas.lt/userfiles/file/68202842265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb0ab41f99---78218072310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160908dbedc4be---851866372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawyerupsmart.com/tempimg/file/zevubofopijikelusixasaruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoavily.com/uploads/files/66965815819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yevres.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54868388239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c324d1603---83977032958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artenika.pl/fck/file/sotetibedelokatabej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dortmundpools.com/contents/files/71560874075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativetechno.in/userfiles/file/xasawulirix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088f2de1ef8a---74222117499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99nmg7dskg2g7bdi38ktfe6lf5/65438825794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhaphangmy.us/upload/files/42567095652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11tldchtcp30s13usdra7tjhfk/55567183090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0f7f339ae---xosuzefukemugazuniligemop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=demonologia+libros+cristianos+pdfPDF 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_off0000c54a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC54A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD5C 18812 bytes
SHA-256: 6f6ae705b73147a7a22e9bb8c747f0ab4b8446b695aaa18371a278f5297964d9
font_02_sfnt_off00010d57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D57 11104 bytes
SHA-256: 828fca9d5f55c262f14c3f001967110dfa877d0ea3a870d861a48fa08e9b033b