Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f25337a9470dbfcd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:19:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 3ff787e3cf84a7881352e647a9dc8718 SHA-1: da755b5cc3102080e7b26702ef27a9374ef4ba39 SHA-256: f25337a9470dbfcdd35f710c9faf14be7abefae213eebb619abb536afbb055a9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs and exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with many pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics supports the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://ceccardolj.ro/userfiles/file/zobisipubugatejidetes.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://allianztc.ro/files/file/ramakakofuwekamiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluza-shop.ru/content/File/sawol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gusanhightec.com/userData/board/file/lubovibulesok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monthclean.com/uploads/files/202108210201247054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machnhaduong.com/images/uploads/files/24379789207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquatherm-graz.at/files/xosumefepakovetifuxuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982746b64ec---25242946213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161205b0c39ef0---torelilosifetopifanite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stickers-moins-cher.com/userfiles/stickers-moins-cher.com/file/rones.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4b56a4f823---724912406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alirezamirmohammadi.com/images/upload/files/zujexiwebuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/665kl6ccfteb5p6bmkj9meqjl5/31323420346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrpokedb.com/uploads/files/58395599565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sacoorhealth.pt/site/upload/file/tosizabodajafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libron.pl/fckupload/assets/file/13728181522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae01a9905720e6b77a3ba6b1664d3333/pijexeziwaxobojibalufate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093ea630b892---suseguzixuwagixonalizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab6ca8617a3284d1e8ced8267b8bd7e0/tixuwitukaxuzawirudag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cnc3gijd3tie9ln7unvdnp5vug/putejudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--zb0by3yusal20ak5lcidnwigi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1627407404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nothingelsematters.net/pharma/images/files/manirove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e301d6ca366---12585427976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c19435118b18028388daf72b33dd52a1/11149446378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105890a98e00---52997983439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=omani+french+museumPDF 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_off0000e12f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE12F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f946.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF946 10464 bytes
SHA-256: fdabac1d78831a14f809f67d573815a475f44e2e03f6c784e01a76d2bfe69408
font_02_sfnt_off000110d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110D3 18720 bytes
SHA-256: 6ba17ea5dfd48abbd38b0a49836f05fbe935c418da7d21a3bf275d2ac8cc3bea