Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 204dfc20fcad2069…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-08-12 21:52:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 7c75978d60e8a34db97d03a133102e80 SHA-1: 91ef08b3fe131f47119996722c5da5a9145afc77 SHA-256: 204dfc20fcad2069b115884999e731fff24c686c60f464e978e5fda9572aaa50
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611273e9c5a51---12408857201.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kibunajcc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/metesasozadosekezirajit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/42976809846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdbim.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/xuvuxifafewezojafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khiconghoixuancong.com/Khicong/admin/userfiles/file/28237782774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3911379d59---94459777436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mnspineandsport.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38fb33bf01bd8c3beb01b23f04bfae48/poduzarerig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carsen.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/fezamif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5ea23b917fca74dddaae390dc3e2862/36473715527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettotamborra.eu/userfiles/files/89336760610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca71c38373---19431991850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classicalgardenornaments.com/uplds/file/38551283764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081828bdc765---31312923804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/81747737354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1ecc1cfe6c---bigamibivowuwid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06b5fb8c45bf3f17373b3eb4bf532b19/xesazovafijewiwoxurigumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bedb3ac5e176580c45fff08599f60706/paxitokijufumoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c687c4632b5---14290594545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/72685081503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc509a1ee23---pafepinisebaronokasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b288291a489---fajewopodazenewul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/15226030942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/15034994002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112cbf0ac405---vimek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/69987359473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lg-palette.com/upload/files/padagemigilavoluju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+heal+achilles+tendonitis+naturallyPDF 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_off0000f2ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2AD 16488 bytes
SHA-256: c98dbf8fcf98068aed41f11cb18eedc123841d6b49715c5be90c7e31e64fe906
font_01_sfnt_off00011d4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D4D 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 751489886d8754df5210f0b2dcf632b2bf5c7750461ee006137510889e8de46e
font_02_sfnt_off00013608.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13608 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1