Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 205350018d82a409…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.6 KB Created: 2021-07-02 14:51:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9ef4b12af5b576b8cce1c60c1368855b SHA-1: 5121abe65df6ce9309982687b475c3620adaf545 SHA-256: 205350018d82a40917dbe8dafa15a844b076c8ee3723b1f3d29dbb15ae6da342
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it's a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of external URIs and link farm heuristics strongly suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9806

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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=itchy+skin+pins+and+needles
    • http://micronforgacsolo.hu/UserFiles/file/nopagawu.pdf
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fa612883a7---mabisamubuloduteki.pdf
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8nn6pe8epkbjql3gcpeugjh5cl/27885439777.pdf
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2ff9db2808---26001023006.pdf
    • http://www.biotanika.pl/upload/file/rinakonejonas.pdf
    • http://monktonlionsclubkidscamp.com/clients/9/99/99b8b5517e5fb663501b7ee5137ebf55/File/gutaw.pdf
    • https://eccdc.org/application/webroot/userfiles/file/gomaxilozele.pdf
    • http://starlightcelebre.org/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/41682208792.pdf
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mmkkc787lf6d4abs10rcn5306v/vuxexojil.pdf
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb8bda429ca---62331729748.pdf
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f62cbdfb16---woweliden.pdf
    • https://www.saammohaseb.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c4e81fe02fb5dd73ef4e6378a52c80e/5546928662.pdf
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1st75dtq8ut77fj3p5ob7jp7rn/62108952093.pdf
    • https://stcc-sa.com/motakamel/Ups/files/jifudiwabamagizululive.pdf
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75ropkekbsdu02tt2pmj283uj2/jetevujirekudaxivon.pdf
    • https://apotekatia.ba/fajlovi/89358165910.pdf
    • http://autodilykanka.cz/cmsimple/images/file/mewexo.pdf
    • http://oryginalnedekoracje.pl/userfiles/file/fozomelelit.pdf
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160783c164eb36---27073145149.pdf
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba7aj5csfvfodqq6jffucg3jro/pirumutizidewunekito.pdf
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773a6feb019---wesofarep.pdf
    • http://oishisushigd.com/uploads/files/16180261603.pdf
    • https://zegabilisim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/pokizanaxazirir.pdf
    • http://beiks.info/public/file/84155922084.pdf
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf8d340d531---logubapanaxusewexuzudepi.pdf
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5515e03822---94879218694.pdf
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/majijunexubuferujumomo.pdf
    • 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_off000111a8.bin
9fcc1be3318b641a72b0b154781b3c8dbea94f450989370a56a4bd31c122ca28
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111A8 16616 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013c9b.bin
a78bdec891b942f7cd9c9e9b250b59d07959263df1ece3a1b955d6ab20d9fc04
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C9B 10548 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000154a7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154A7 16792 bytes