Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0205af39c30a61d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-08-25 02:51:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 81068a0ff0527be6242d511426f25709 SHA-1: 3501774a9194fb3c990696a55f755d8f76ea12e3 SHA-256: 0205af39c30a61d66ab1cdae08d007fee0f55d92fb0179f60e891e9583f3008d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting further analysis of specific payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://bienbao.org/uploads/files/refigafobipafuxa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yummyschool.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/gadumixomolize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmatik.com/uploads/file/loguvelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirsanov-maslo.ru/uploads/nezosogeguvujuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://u15.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tadajane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2afe0e5219---dololifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplospectr.ru/images/files/30123262646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duetsepolno.pl/userfiles/file/lipedikijurefuvuguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panegovernance.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/file/20273267870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radissonhoteltraining.com/userfiles/file/28050752829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607199a88ed7c---50653932172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/939d70ff4816045a50f1f4832b8bb2a7/darages.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intertravel.hu/_user/file/sutofuferoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0946cdc98ff6b71fc89c92c759001aee/88686706781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morecoredesign.com/images/imageUps/files/62405493747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50f3a4d93bf28725de5d52650a31e3b2/noforositalukikukipefav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/gosokitatakavafim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutronicltd.com/userfiles/file/ridisokate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hphs1958reunion.com/clients/47465/File/45833309887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89098924d11cb743849ad140e923e135/44483071954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fly.no1-yes.com/userfiles/file/juripatufifuzifov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biogenetec.tw/image/files/20210817_072942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096c2a4ac9e9---73512175517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pezenasenchantee.fr/userfiles/file/20583805781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rungrawin-itt.com/userfiles/files/30808583771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=eggs+of+anophelesPDF 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_off0000ebe3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBE3 17040 bytes
SHA-256: 6c5975eee8153114ba4049784a0d66ca3d3df8f602e46a2c76de4bfa0cedebe2
font_01_sfnt_off000118aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118AA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000130c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130C1 10328 bytes
SHA-256: 8ec7fdfb59b478c0311bcb79123664bd7fc41ed59dd2b0e8ceb2a45ed50f8bf7