Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb25a905dd13612a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 14:24:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 27cbf16d61febc1af3bd8e993342cbcb SHA-1: c698e054cbf55a64272a1e91dbdb79d779fbcd14 SHA-256: fb25a905dd13612ac3c3ca86b8a2f11dc4c37a48a0593a080c7a09e74d77043f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous suspicious URLs points to a watering hole or phishing attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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 http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fe6c3a7676---24236178701.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79507e20af4fb5dddb2a69ecf3b54e4e/71601800250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pousadamarazul.tur.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608970546a7bd---tepixosugubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilyxrace.com/userfiles/files/7987802695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n985k84hvviojguetjgai71b80/31381446161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suma.ca/upload/editor/file/kafujof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sibservis.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/remeligapajalexabexato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alisawedding.com/upload/users/files/76662785388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/vonitawigamexibukidug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaatkinson.com/userimages/9921644597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774df44f3ba---vuzulobat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c414c312e8d---gikonusasubosokekefaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://englandmatchshirts.com/assets/file/nufibudubivanurafosajolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/57006053997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/91360884558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jeiphdo97soc31nld8j8ea4b05/vagisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/mudikebibuxagupukesojil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2fd6023c26---lijolitabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-19/20210619162404932186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc5a477c51d---97285608425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blissworldbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/5781920024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huucodatlanh.com/userfiles/file/28131415318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b5b8389f8c---sikuletakajixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/41025992279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d04ce6b366ecd4f10356197884a8841f/vijoroxuvibidumexemukewud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carefirstwalkathon.com/clients/8/89/89514deb4c0e8807eb046cac28c4977f/File/56435843993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=tips+for+oral+presentation+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_off000100e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100E8 19080 bytes
SHA-256: 1eac2b5c252a7c0b5bccd1c9333ca9df56de34e22700b661869ca237c4c08f83
font_01_sfnt_off00013147.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13147 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001495e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1495E 10452 bytes
SHA-256: 1cb80f2ee89bfde91090c395b6cfbe9dbe6cc8a9da8a3c801e2d0062631db47a