Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df25ea1f08a1c302…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 13:19:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 313fd6a37e8396a964fb93096981cbdd SHA-1: ef8ced7c83cb6cd8057642e4247db925d5f60db3 SHA-256: df25ea1f08a1c302252ee27639bb96c2fff0615c4400d5bc2f05b8614715eece
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host and redirect to malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h7pg92kpuh2rtl53d9mm4l5p2c/72685994500.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h672s5bdc2j9i3rri050s9hos3/37601535972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607196c376230---59554560101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0i13ed2b2g7saq1seam4ik53a1/42966552156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v5qo16jhv3v5lgfkhmbfino027/88772336983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kesherisrael.com/uploadEditor/files/wekozekiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://top1np.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27318940605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be047149074---35384629193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/9772361168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e01ab0a427af60519b74cbfc8e1b0b23/jujugofezusijerimuwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60868f362767f108e09ffba06f2f20f7/newizopewibigoridotelak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a660cbd58ce36114547fde429832c04/38616439259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geredekombiservisi.com/userfiles/file/28541696024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03d3dhhp6q94ni6l8ho3l0t42c/fijuvojup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingcarmotorista.net/uploads/files/48326934651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609072e282d69---dulitulogol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seja.lv/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/87967284776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.su/userfiles/files/71652206358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcff8fc326ff6e051cc2b5b9fd62210e/46637463818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolingrealestate.com/your-home-cleaner/FCKuploads/file/50609271224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kruengrangthai.com/files/files/90303111994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hagelkonzept.com/userfiles/file/2344430008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=generation+of+computer+in+english+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_off0000e60e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE60E 16960 bytes
SHA-256: d2cbc9c3af678e9a311ed0539ae44813e41229e98bc0f04559493ec76c9d331f
font_01_sfnt_off000111f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111F2 11208 bytes
SHA-256: 89c3107780c5e897f9dd246d6373deda1ff74732f082fa4329f1f693117b8c90
font_02_sfnt_off00012bcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BCC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1