Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 200f312fbf2e0331…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-07-20 02:22:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 95b8163ccdabf3546a104b6600a03f8a SHA-1: c12263bbaa7280ec92b4b3ad110e342cb023174f SHA-256: 200f312fbf2e033130b3a1ab5cd698984bb71a48e861739964a80e620619de37
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to lead users to malicious content. The presence of link farm heuristics further supports this, indicating a deliberate effort to distribute links across various domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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 http://best-infosystems.com/userfiles/file/55797964.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec9297396935ebaf4f53f6f7789d3927/79425740038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c07e11966---36291029021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ultraljud.nu/bild/files/84802758818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d9060a0fb4---semaxivevexanudumuvadub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088c9134741e---lofokowidir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgotomotiv.org/upload/files/37026089607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c78c1ddf99c672eacfaa12cd048f69b/jativajuwotedufixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e30b572iffk01525eadavrj60/mosaredetuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb6aac1facb---satotume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b03e70d9100---38325388827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ithnnaa4r8lg9h1lirlhhs5027/gumegunuwowikelemiwesopet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaztelcom.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jiminufunewajivapel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mn-print.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bijofefulivubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868b6807bd7---53784294688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.natursany.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/wapagowazodopux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5814164886---pewovogorojura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070367f28315---futuxewimuxoxidizanef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6053bacc1f2d57a30f7224b4b45874d1/silewiwudawego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccargiurgiu.ro/userfiles/file/25847552944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/20217181136255751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429224721697653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866de034591---wutomegigasisijiboxura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmand24.ir/basefile/ehotel724ir/files/gafeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepnguyentran.vn/media/ftp/file/75806721889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06b970fb2bae93547b17656e31972a12/vumupagelebuzofije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa4e1c1f6b18eb9137efb47f74f88bd1/fapuvisef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murasakijr.com/uploads/files/50329618971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=wake+up+it%27s+the+first+of+the+month+lyricsPDF 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_off0000e159.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE159 17280 bytes
SHA-256: 30ac98b55604455468dbe7d40595d0eb64f352f866c72483ad08dbc71d2c58ea
font_01_sfnt_off00010e37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E37 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 31289f8f0881b1b7818a31b91bae311d73218033726662ae8c644ceb7a57c510
font_02_sfnt_off000127fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127FC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1