Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 201d1b3bb52558ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-06-30 01:07:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 88450a41f73e985f80075fbbfefb769f SHA-1: 9696fb3a018c36bed2ef7361305790ff1b128935 SHA-256: 201d1b3bb52558aebde4e2129ba025dd42da2fa8e00f6b58aa247ae2684a7690
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting other PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to download further malware or engage in phishing. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct content clues.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a02dda931b---duwokonibawutonolov.pdf
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c040ef2241632ea3f6fcf6338277a32c/refivuxamajegifomix.pdf
    • http://bindashnews.com/userfiles/file/98191356144.pdf
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/re70rli2eis76sssof0lk6eofa/mibuvazisefugu.pdf
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccef852cee1b866101672c208004136e/vivuzesevekokupu.pdf
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa9d53ae18d---wepizolamoboserinovobiv.pdf
    • http://woorymart.com/userData/board/file/rabarerojutete.pdf
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083dc22d74bc---xilivonupekanibuwobem.pdf
    • http://amexeuro.com/an3_Uploads/file/31825466749.pdf
    • https://misionesmedellin2030.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pmo1i50sftldmeom7r9mqptbqn/21555728543.pdf
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7muudbi7ja1guktrcj7378e9d/zovulimaxavilivo.pdf
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1efd47495a29004a655ed26c6dec1638/77372274701.pdf
    • https://discovercefalu.it/_data/images/file/74671984499.pdf
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210503071505857.pdf
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/pevani.pdf
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a78e93a01---panorim.pdf
    • http://ardechetendancebrut.fr/userfiles/ardechetendancebrut.fr/file/7381609176.pdf
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a37ef6f2649ff679941bc686cf45204/fazakesafi.pdf
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/frvka96nuscfdoqr3p2e3714d3/48409537543.pdf
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607472b0b034f---fatasasivufevorozodagi.pdf
    • http://dobryremont.pl/ebobas/portal/app/webroot/img/tmp/file/16246815307907.pdf
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/xetudafimaxogipepedi.pdf
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4ae8b0c6cb193977a611262f309a1d7/5085053832.pdf
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/glf528pd1ucdt2kgih6deetps3/xemejabaxazejixogadido.pdf
    • https://red-adlay.com/upload/files/femugexozitew.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=funny+things+to+tell+your+wife
    • 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_off000105c7.bin
656d114223c6f6cae0006ceadc5032da96feb6f6af4fd74171e5e1375ca9929c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105C7 16532 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001309d.bin
90dd5e731e7bb92896dadcc51bd4ef39af703a00d356ecddaf01b976059fdd73
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1309D 10608 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000148dd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148DD 16792 bytes