Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 207a69a30631186c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-08-12 02:20:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 66d1efcfe694fdcf0f8f8620d5e60ebc SHA-1: e2f41847f51201fe613c87499cc6d01cde26841d SHA-256: 207a69a30631186c5b46095d5dd22ddb1e7c2c6e0f935dd4a21b586bde0340f6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure, but the presence of numerous external links strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=concept+attainment+quiz+answers+key PDF link annotation
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608704e0cc1e8---jodirozam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc121897c90---zazirisiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2e52d250ef---69602033094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947adf72092---siperaroki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/342d3b52ee9d79be460ccdca606fe178/lodulilafibikijepud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mollis.rs//files/wewiravow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jungleflightchiangmai.com/Uploads/files/49724237951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e2c5757ed1---pifazezekugiresawopumavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/843f53105757b12f6dac41887321a44a/27598001717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isdoor.ru/uploads/files/39864676712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moneymaker-gold.de/files/timojoxozuxekuxubegem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acpiindia.com/userfiles/file/petorurotativozivolejiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deco-interieure.com/userfiles/file/30040327001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fishtech.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/40086754639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1d7c55ed79520e9b1af0663b1df1273/pivareburojuzigunawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6d99dde48---37303909762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nabsangram.com/userfiles/file/fugoboliwonezonaketosen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/86828650978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://godparents4tz.org/home/god/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4798912596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okvino.it/file/53794728370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9911aff2c---tanijapapuxuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b633012946aa6f836f08c6f976e0c308/getojuwozefubezudexulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c19e48034ca---61120693167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161047e3c47109---tutolematevitelado.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_off0000e7e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7E7 18772 bytes
SHA-256: f87ece4cc4914f0aad78805124a838a9df4761452afa13b9640515fff23f8f69
font_01_sfnt_off0001198c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1198C 11120 bytes
SHA-256: e90f25f1523a62692d66d253a9bbcab0ad233d5643ce7f8ceda6e1bbdd04a077
font_02_sfnt_off000133a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1