Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea25468ff4b7f950…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 10:17:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f9fd825475ce6d6d3ffd9b1a8a9e586a SHA-1: ad52db7ee0b935a72b4c4b676a4c7b5c8d134f64 SHA-256: ea25468ff4b7f95084b6b37c35b93adf04ae1575021e13fbd4a8bf5909f8a884
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of multiple links and the use of disposable hosting suggest an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination or to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://bepcongnghiepphuchung.vn/userfiles/file/23455371147.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://drapa-technika.cz/UserFiles/File/34215299024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/185fd3fe9038c2eae03a07b2ebf4de57/94649413076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16230e7047977ff6d86c8bb15fca63ce/wekesugarinupudolov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakif2a3azdub.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zezizuxovadupizon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danieldesignpro.com/userfiles/13207308284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9389abaf69aba5f2b39d07f55cd433c6/jaforaludolexosakotojim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kenhquangcao.vn/uploads/files/woputi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mh5dgv8ka2tldtmtn3acqtiruv/87520262079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2r673gesgps9e8r1f5iqc1t2u6/10145800206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cc0e76658ed3c224b1f949b44da49e1/83133923015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3272ed6a1806eeeded93825c364bb3e/desebokusuwisireleledosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610638fb1f1a4---segok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94de6itfq94n6qoqubc07dugno/48475828781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b452018371a13785c2c39a52cf385ba/suzomadidunevuribusolob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0269b9b51---sivifilofikebabufebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d63a51b23---12340748076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e969dc3de4---gemilabomarud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homenet-spb.ru/userfiles/file/zexizuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q4qfu8tpqlsgic6pftftp8v197/runugufoxabufutikuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fcbdc4089c---tujilefileweduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scanclean.bg/upload/ckfinder/files/69454788361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhahanghienminh68.com/upload/files/bufukivekojebone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bienenaktuell.com/sites/bienenaktuell.com/files/file/36210071972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakesideterracecondo.com/clients/41361/File/64281673882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=tensorflow+tutorial+pdf+deutschPDF 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_off0000e94c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE94C 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 8e81e95963b09c5fc245d3b2f9eca0359e28ddee36b3588dc11b16c236724b77
font_01_sfnt_off00010262.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10262 18376 bytes
SHA-256: 4c4dd7c25dc32c6c8a5f62443db97f61fa30ae1de45cb432ec46f635e7bbdcdf
font_02_sfnt_off0001325b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1325B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1