Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 208127d96c24073a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 10:45:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c06e0cd0e4d33aa8cae68f2114bafa0c SHA-1: 62bf78934532e43d4e23a775d2ce8ccf7e657da0 SHA-256: 208127d96c24073a8acfae8d117a4d4126fc8c5dca63e843cfc2badcd7e45b35
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The PDF also contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious destinations. ClamAV detection and ML classification further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9907

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=example+of+hotel+check-in+conversation+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://grupopiscis.com/upload/files/ruvepizonezufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g8ccrpnn6gq02ineb47rv5a3i3/91024124052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empresa-venta.hr/files/giwilekurawovulet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gryf-wet.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43281035266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massvt.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/zifapebiwatubodeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guoyangmoju.com/userfiles/files/82351394872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71e59f73ec5eab3757615048afe01d61/junivimamawowilifemiwowus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/vinaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovephuongtroi.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/67326294736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsonconstruction.net/userfiles/file/poviwis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/menivisezewegofubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e55958795f---pemoniferegekapokusot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enidental.com/userfiles/file/20210803174254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608943e02f930---56000828916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/widogigefemafagugowofegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c2f29a87a8---43510713257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e302d930b6---4147375535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://top1np.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tabivuzepaxababol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katachizu.com/img/news/files/jaromagefoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098956e672ec---lewisuriga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dd4288a652afaeeba32a749b576101e/11559569732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p1bkmhdnltpdskc6rkuaposbv5/depuwigijug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreaslasnik.com/data/files/jamemekujefixodegidezemad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismoilnoceto.com/userfiles/files/pukirej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceraunavoltapizzeria.it/userfiles/files/zelofunemifapubegabuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://codecs.roimages/file/44478664997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa4c45a51c0---kegubirojegumikadegesese.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_off0000bed8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBED8 16868 bytes
SHA-256: 6300172d73bb47304b6c7fb6bfa095a9529a50bedc102ac6d76ae8bbd77dce65
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9D0 11164 bytes
SHA-256: 1d47fd8bb3175c15cb636fc95eda2ca53264b1372dc2239ec9a631f9c4ee4165
font_02_sfnt_off000103cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1