Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 206eef4271783a68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 09:48:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0e5bb0d7843e407b691c32c1611efd06 SHA-1: fd2b5e1c8fd584a1310ab33c4686ef25d0c297e5 SHA-256: 206eef4271783a682c83805dbd3b74720888df49505d5071076a70c207cc59d9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of external links and the nature of the heuristics point towards a spearphishing attachment, likely leading to a second-stage download or redirect.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://krassimirtaskov.com/userfiles/files/33669949432.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fiumaradelsossio.it/userfiles/files/masafolizapavisufito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16128f0335dbb7---22340952721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carolstoecker.com/clients/c/c6/c60e280709801842a26e47e23f21f170/File/kefamalunulugodima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamekatus.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/wobujigubarewadetidux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/fesusiwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ebf40dd79d---37159418575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089014564dfb---bojuzunowuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b686ede21b3e6acafb0f7cf0d687d73/67077639403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d887faccdf3c378c3fda784c528a653/22844236102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/586ab038bd5f9ec3e7a8375f36687b0b/8912431368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grapes4u.ca/sites/all/sites/grapes4u.ca/files/89314164961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaldeliverancecathedralchurch.com/clients/2/22/22dae496a1749ae881e6bee195142b05/File/2917239119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f836f5ad474---wawoloxepodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laboratoriodiprogettazione-ve.it/userfiles/files/95915451661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hizirferforje.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/images/file/dowadixakodap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/ziligolum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonioruizabogados.es/userfiles/file/piwigemabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d4ccd2d13b224eb506acac300b72f99/98524165024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a3925c24d3c6afdd5ede539ec10eff7/14639774062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f534faa786---52319707612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flomojapan.com/upload/files/guxolisowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comfortinnbarrie.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/lizasubupuzajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamurgoreng.net/contents//files/jiwefovevugadanazeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/wotakemesew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=related+facts+worksheets+1st+gradePDF 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_off0000dc75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC75 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f487.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF487 16752 bytes
SHA-256: ad2995208c7666f1f2535029105b377f39620f1add70a2b04a2d8798678b6c86
font_02_sfnt_off00012028.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12028 10836 bytes
SHA-256: dc90e80512328f23dac7a88cf0c9e04b183d1a59513a7d7cb0596c5d53ca752b