Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 204ea63d845e8c0e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.3 KB Created: 2021-06-30 09:47:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 3ea06971299a3e3a261aa1ce949f3b74 SHA-1: c65a588a0caf94951a5a2edb9c65fab2de021774 SHA-256: 204ea63d845e8c0e4d97b3d3f34454e763920488c2bb1b0e6f8e8baf7856e4b7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, likely to distribute phishing content or malware. The presence of external URIs and link farm characteristics strongly suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious destinations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9769

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=liver+disease+that+makes+skin+yellow PDF link annotation
    • https://agenciaboom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g5lkclvltvmt75c7ck7bm9e154/50084550685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bd95fb751b---nuzijonapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bk70tn3pg54t5vqpscpcl4rcdj/88109857378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756e79874f7---xerudogemovusideliriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0989ba82fc---lomokorogofuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d05ca57bdd---40630554312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd2aaf3ae6da668fcfd1855d670dc70b/20723738161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743849caa5e---10986075514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hindel-relax.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/delurotaxaxibajotubexin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovephuongtroi.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/sinisupurijosumulop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghedanang.com/media/ftp/file/tusiwikezopekibulew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607043fe98fd6---91626159817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b82821efd9---gekurodowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ceb66aa5f0380b31f11f93994fc8ba19/22470960172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7468f576c6---81387914571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0f2623a708---nofamowokugisenelarom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62fc0cad4136255a43f9b10f2009c5d9/14354671538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba2f0baaf1a---xepori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ikpdkii9l4ia93msab8v6lfoi3/rikiwago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skiflogistics.ru/userfiles/file/52646732302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valve-toho.com/userfiles/file/xupexamen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aranykoronakft.hu/userfiles/file/migodosumewolemotufokamij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947701ebe2d---sonagoxekomixirino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dhdsfkpjqrnmfj3jd03rd7hel4/besop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a418ef4ac4f---18997538082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c18cc54301b---83525287723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb49e9c6e774bbabcecd096b4a58c49c/75880718696.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ff67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF67 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011779.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11779 17156 bytes
SHA-256: 1ad078d1978ff2e823963874c881f2376fc4d259665b81531086f9503bb5e285
font_02_sfnt_off000144b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144B0 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 98bcec2be85b547d266a48c61dccc50816b624367bf69e2f194f2b8087d010f5
font_03_sfnt_off000159f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x159F2 10828 bytes
SHA-256: f3bff5a58274c66af55a623fd146e5fb8a6ab33d39e53dec3ad84356964bdc79