Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 205883b94f2a29db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 11:34:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ef3264a35dafb01d209b5dca61abc0ba SHA-1: 80a9ab4a1b08bcae8c3e080dd099b8c1f9a5c3bd SHA-256: 205883b94f2a29dbffc421806bec65e31728d105f47ff285723c365e3126deae
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure as a link farm suggests an attempt to lure users into clicking potentially harmful URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 http://csc025.com/userfiles/file/20210629204719_gi3it2.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53c286abc7d07a6073fe62ccfbd678d3/kajusuzoxeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bevillelecomte.ovh/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gasuxomonogovavolunemev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yearbookplus.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/73203885304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminencesolutions.in/resources/userfiles/file/82999390149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://legalinet.eu/userfiles/files/wefunotevugojonarodirik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/bekejegareweku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com/data/attachment/file/nofarij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecfc0fbb269---75378372995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfectsextherapy.com/public_html/userfiles/file/sanibipimuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9fbad302ad321ffa4d0b849d287c684/50509006650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c2418f7e1---38976125730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5n27kktgsvgt3mscvvfik70ba2/61227552017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f4a76c403---85297495330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609abd0a6d8b1---76131629272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7e7cabb07d---51679312472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/36421001765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6e9b3d56d8---7660613895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1vpi6l943cuqvsdj6jbcnu82o/negedezobesiruse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalton-english.com/userfiles/file/84270172982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2110958778---lidamaduvoxidavuniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32b0638e9754a6d3e552f771a63d42fa/30549579185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c98ef7c3aa---7147970948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=cara+mengubah+word+ke+pdf+di+androidPDF 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_off0000d41a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD41A 16436 bytes
SHA-256: e0c2033e27fa2344383baf27609e71b88e843f9ce1830e6e51bc016c4406885f
font_01_sfnt_off0000fec0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEC0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000116d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116D7 11080 bytes
SHA-256: f80f01c6df4bd9b18593af7380fe213757e829633480ee2a3bc1ae14cb825ae7