Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 207c57cf28846304…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-08-04 00:06:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 02e267eb711fce30f3934237d06540c8 SHA-1: 9c86cd0640793473d61086d3de124760e4df8378 SHA-256: 207c57cf2884630411734df308b1d864a65f207d076b3eda5a92199998f7bfa2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites, likely intended to lure users into downloading further malware or visiting phishing pages. The presence of multiple links on disposable hosting and compromised CMS uploads reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eeeb22f63d77a9814b3fbc60aa0b9e6e/15439832236.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://auburn-properties.com/userfiles/files/35061867288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keyflounge.nl/userfiles/file/melina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e28dd16badb---sokewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/lesuwagutaguzasazezule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lqat5ackh3blo8ktj04jasn0l5/67433709787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d103c415e4---4202998406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607416733922b---4217672504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolit-plus.ru/files/file/xefanugikoxevulolutes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--k1akb4c.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/fafozebiridoxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607afcf51634c---penubepafupezinawud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac576cc6cd---sabusaxavodopuzavadizosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aceitunasdelguadalhorce.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mumazijinib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorgubernamental.com/images/file/rosiwilezusoxopuvosiwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870b90a4f67---vesobuwoverag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b849751e49dc7d801f5735436cdec3f6/71360671459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.com/assets/file/dejuzedojisuxotuxivaxoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a0ccc014415f230349f06fe23ecb1da/noxudojujibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e4443439fa917d561da221b0a475b72/xeparujemobokemem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/sulagibiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc6c0cb94577b1aede5afaab845b500b/2238970318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b62ef2925bbb54334a6d758b99492e21/favolukekujokekuroxafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81c9bab7ccc7b193324ed05df29c46f9/70475130464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kccmaul.com/files/files/71111341052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tarzminder.com/resimler/files/gozisapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsde.com/uploads/files/26613438056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5e16bf8a3---pujelobodumoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+put+my+cub+cadet+in+neutralPDF 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_off0000f84a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF84A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001105c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1105C 18024 bytes
SHA-256: 5da90e65f2a82ed3df6c8f4e24a25d8471801d196a276725ee1218d90a9ec4e4
font_02_sfnt_off00013f83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F83 10936 bytes
SHA-256: bda180c3d66f0f31d4ecdd223f8e8cefff6f73d528bfbf2dd426f0e5bd1ce51e