Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 201a587cd1748f11…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-07-17 05:36:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: bed547d34194a0fdeea29b08a60fee44 SHA-1: 0bc50dedcbf08f7bbf0b77ba46ea34c1139f18cd SHA-256: 201a587cd1748f11fc1c8cceaffe992fed6f9732e67693286d0c1852e6ba3573
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tn3qp46ckft1bptdpm1r0blko7/dexofafa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28ec9715358bfd0edeb219453e7bb627/9763204655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607656b52b82d---sujumabijevuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b447de4adfc---vuxuluvugafawafexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e36a53e0ed3---92124539780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75f01eabfd0cbe946628fb0e24941675/rodexisajizaxefamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609248750a57f---76114950556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160851aa3bffc7---nabonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7d4b6ad53dd01166a5794db47c3772d/golegofetigumirepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qcpnd04bndoei3kif8l9f92rck/57750061441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e04vbn3oqgpc7ffr05noidi14g/42521046607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160734c53c86fc---xolagofetevibinisogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791d929926f---75547858860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibkrakow.pl/uploads/files/rekexujijabafexutetak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aviatroglo.fr/IMG/file/vulosapigogututa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://desushibar.com/userfiles/file/kijuribi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7u9vp6bffhgdk60nl9gja2ka55/dabejin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pjkconstruction.ca/images/file/reseripovabarojemurubetus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharaalpharetta.com/sites/default/files/file/60307288209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c219d9603a---24275936221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxlinder.com/admin/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rodemomunobebokemuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technestudio.eu/userfiles/files/44225546228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be40a29346c---buvogoxovijaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3531615c637037a6821de2019c5daed4/zatizelozigenepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+put+a+downloadable+pdf+on+your+websitePDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4415428b06---17743550371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0001052b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1052B 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 08ec6b7289f5fef686ed0dd5b294ef7e0daf2c39ac17e6d699bc799da7eaeb37
font_01_sfnt_off00011e5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E5A 17672 bytes
SHA-256: ef3a64c40177495fde11d2e9f43c0f02fc2aaca4105f7752fbc7550c9ef5a40d
font_02_sfnt_off00014cad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CAD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1