Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd25a75fd7e43528…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-08-31 13:43:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 28cae864b805c24bfabf2550842f302a SHA-1: fce4c25590e3cb059097a26a13cbee464ed9af6b SHA-256: fd25a75fd7e4352893c056f111554d20f29bbdaa7b518e1bfd8b797549e23e30
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to potentially compromised websites, many of which host PDF files. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/vigaku.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160951e2e3ca1a---72976193676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f0e2758a4d---faporuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97aca3c15645890bbafb732f8cffe2ef/sugopumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indago-rovigo.it/userfiles/files/befabaxeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b51bf7874a2fff6e7b2f4d4637af2bbe/78854431348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b416fec8871---32093190944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a6d09a386f---469015134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerocuki.hu/user/file/40703322797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/78319958682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niengrangchuyensau.com/upload/contentFile/file/xepoxewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aweibel.com/Photo/file/pinofoxipefonudadoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://299-45.com/CKEdit/upload/files/37873758834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyunbulsa.org/~ewedd2/userfiles/file/38818328602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vienhung.com/webroot/img/files/tuwolobesuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khachsansapa.vn/webroot/img/files/gukuvuvulememopilosutis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47aeeb3ef2---popuvir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosaletta.it/userfiles/files/72536742626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa3a6ec1a7f---luximakixoparofojafofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/stgtk84jcsm4di60404baoknrm/82268230756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086bacce1b68---fudorixoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioituigiay.net/uploads/files/28177483611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--or3bi2da319p.com/upload/fckeditor/file/4254162954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stayinbranson.com/ckfinder/triplebuserfiles/file/99690790798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+remove+password+protection+in+pdf+filePDF 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_off0000ebf9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBF9 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 4ca2acbf097b483738a8d4f3254666766a8a87f6258c5a30ae1bd167285cd577
font_01_sfnt_off00010549.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10549 18456 bytes
SHA-256: c199f06c9b7473204c56a20fa0da117c9dd2c4d4a0351821083f8b6a2e871a0e
font_02_sfnt_off0001343f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1343F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1