Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 201f1e14f8cbff2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-07-03 06:19:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f8fa37e5daa590d857176bce5608e39d SHA-1: e54a22062763e361859b694802527c955e464f66 SHA-256: 201f1e14f8cbff2c5ffec41168888b86ccf028d7622c0e996636f44986b7c0f2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Several heuristics point to the PDF acting as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links are likely used for phishing or to serve further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baab7255308---vosubekegaripovifada.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091e08838d6c---zobim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d5fc5d8b9f---mugajefozonawup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f043b4c8bf---86749111334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ea3fc22137a4dfd2f3ec39fc1d16073/11266575027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hqfjjrnf4i6oiljdacmavpevh5/wabutafebapenexaduxogada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1381039e8ccae02922ecfde321cf5636/85184688872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riph.pl/userfiles/file/1568415089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jlgardner.org/home/jlg/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mukimolujif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiskreunion.com/clients/b/b4/b417c2091670ce0b0d78f4b231aea02c/File/54315202187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dce92e74f8c7a903018dc1977c74187/86654625161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088331f7541d---vimarevapok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozkayalartrans.com/userfiles/file/sogarojal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/jukuwoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-hane.com/files/wumogegemopasevefalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schodylux.pl/userfiles/file/rusalukujumedevid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://short-story.ru/upload/file/remiratudiwefugokaxuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac6a2ed06d2---fekujun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gq4girfb952voa8kk2vn92lbcf/9695283502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowyhotelik.pl/userfiles/file/18545835315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb37f9929f---69183477804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinkorea.com/files/files/busaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/66545717315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/61435198680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+remove+screen+protector+on+phonePDF 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_off0000eb59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB59 10480 bytes
SHA-256: ac2071fdf355675104aaf5bea957b6f0ba05c8064e9d55aedf2fa762a4f96739
font_01_sfnt_off00010302.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10302 16960 bytes
SHA-256: daef05ddfc3ec08fd5cd15460ff6998f5f7c4abb0d4236d448b64af8a813b756
font_02_sfnt_off00012ef0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EF0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1