Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff25c1c8ea4522b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-07-04 07:10:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4a18bb5fae7777c43dc8b56b1acd3133 SHA-1: ba2fe4d67edbbd20fdaa8a1c3c4fe0c95dc16f5b SHA-256: ff25c1c8ea4522b5d5405b5a054ebaa905e9391bc9869b5cdbb344a582e5278c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to external malicious sites, likely for phishing or further malware delivery, aligning with spearphishing attachment tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fanfare+for+an+angel
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kujuguwaximenipamomaji.pdf
    • http://infrabud.eu/fckpliki/file/87509301579.pdf
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/12838718760.pdf
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u04o5igdba8f6q3do827ot9080/74297059843.pdf
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c50007e2529---jabezupemipugajo.pdf
    • http://evohome.pl/userfiles/file/74624227074.pdf
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d30d2a51b8e59a1c43bce039b02eeaf/4369307725.pdf
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5d0d4d170---9918196274.pdf
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160addcf1a60f8---rutusufikaxujasesekow.pdf
    • http://westleyden72reunion.com/clients/4/46/469dc9162705cbff2d1fbe132f144f37/File/65595377873.pdf
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff79b602203bb2b14ccf045a4aee7120/katezunokefevu.pdf
    • https://motelandratecuci.ro/userfiles/file/zoraramolekazuvexokovadik.pdf
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67e5ea20dab7b14d1cd9efb092346385/94108991724.pdf
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baf3d699a47---10486661385.pdf
    • https://abandassociates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54055654133.pdf
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c92c9d749---suzitonamosunatepib.pdf
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q7d8hrm8n2ic6qd0c7bm5retqu/pinozosuxidenamonogu.pdf
    • http://classicalgardenornaments.com/uplds/file/20615820333.pdf
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae101824da1f4b16e07b7c18ea06254c/16265423182.pdf
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/55441296467.pdf
    • https://voyagerf.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14f0e8c464ef9a612d48abc9536ef574/vadido.pdf
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08861dbb3a6028dd663b0309289801aa/lonezifuf.pdf
    • http://www.advokat.com/app/webroot/img/fck/file/kezulevogigaj.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f66f.bin
9ad9041e8fdf5e049414fee16d4ae2dbb44521605e12eff11f220331195b48eb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF66F 17404 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012422.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12422 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013c39.bin
45432cb54341e2e3fc17c8a74a301e97111d99abbe204a4ea11879165c90bf2c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C39 10008 bytes