Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 205732c6bb1945f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:51:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8e3c8d681bd274489810fcbc6033af21 SHA-1: d6e88196c0166471ebfd44b189403fdfffe7bce7 SHA-256: 205732c6bb1945f28734edff2828043d5e4fae3e9b7ae9b2d0fef9122856c45f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to lure users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=physics+book+for+class+10+federal+board+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://quangcaowebsite.vn/uploads/files/44977457206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9754e66f4f---bizufubef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ijestr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zubotimixomuvutuwonogikaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chikatere.com/Upload/files/44458377783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwiatmetal.pl/userfiles/file/pomepikitanutevesifofik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://synersys.fr/contenu/file/61239570400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091fcf512b16---71899242993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20b779e4fe8e1cc1b7e39c570b3e9d70/wumojonadag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823a8e981d7---fipoluwupuvobotokefak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a32ec6cb526---53024333220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d92d247c2ffeab95b1624163b7e6e63/zerinesemulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/posoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7uv52as5ov2ov130t43ad90q2/tivil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/264bc6e17354f0ca00032dc0c5142ecf/37260848167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livinglearningandworking.org/clients/e/e0/e05af8355f71d8da3aa90f500b9284b3/File/dozedofuduwoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4881b1528---tipagajalakuxizexumolil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/allhodqu97d19u5l7hccf7ellq/74629308211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c10fe5e1480---64547730498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigband-ulm.de/userfiles/files/vupezepotupolatuwoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamedunyasi.com/calisma2/files/uploads/sugigupunigogisazefov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b730d7ce34d---vidosorumujojefotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clintonseniorhighclassof77.com/clients/e/ec/ec6cde7faca09d53f5ba1fe44cd32e38/File/gobefokizosofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608633de9482c---90432320029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfecturology.cafe24.com/upload/editor/imagefile/37142071675.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ef16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF16 16840 bytes
SHA-256: 7dcd2b6e022071eeafed128aabf9648adcf20361e659b71c47ee247d42f0e33d
font_01_sfnt_off00011a90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A90 11036 bytes
SHA-256: 9ec40733484c7cb45613bfbac8fab82b61fc830ebe1210ab09f1c25f2932b839
font_02_sfnt_off0001342f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1342F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1