Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 808934201669c36e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-07-07 16:53:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 20eb737949559aa6325638cfe7b67c99 SHA-1: ea4ce0f21b5888103295af67b0c2ed36cef72554 SHA-256: 808934201669c36e74197c701cbe06682e2ff8e7011aa2181595203e7cadd162
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document impersonates a cloud file-sharing service, a common lure for phishing attacks. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving the download or execution of a second-stage payload via embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.
  • Cloud document impersonation lure medium SE_CLOUD_DOC_LURE
    Document impersonates a cloud file-sharing service such as SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, or Microsoft 365 and asks the user to open, verify, or access a shared document
  • 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://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607895c3b6a73---39159830597.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/javobuweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc9171060e---dexikilametiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9meclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82949149032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071916f11ce9---90222747420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitneyclan.com/clients/c/c7/c7afcfad87c307b096642b2e35f52d25/File/4661097228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dfbp3opsekcc3at7uq620fjrb/juperefon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4a98b7b710---73133518559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9d59a5e78---13633080742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetmesum.com/contents//files/81357074657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ookekceevbbd6odkr56covn81m/dujaguzoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amd-export.com/site/upload/file/vodiwamogomonomag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografiafrancescosomma.com/userfiles/files/38821153057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ibgaild9d60uqsk2iqvsjrdbke/fimunifekazizekigol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773d2c28c0b---18211323636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3od4u6crpv9752ftenea9i6rtg/50444564344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://invest.pl/userfiles/file/fevepinokurefal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0194995ab044a8f95e7150fe91f3db15/43465120738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609081066e3d8---77719873766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e8f637258cbc42e00ba56efd62a7ec1/72482970445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a6b7410055dc87d5baa2bafc594e981/71486614423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac2d43007be---romagokiniri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartgallery.com/clientMedia/file/60184506807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaufortbond.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7fadcd205b39c1e13415aedeaa19903/mefezovekedeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=diary+of+a+wimpy+kid+book+13+read+online+freePDF 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_off0000f617.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF617 17168 bytes
SHA-256: 4cbad376cec773acb66b11f6351d26330a45ae8ca8eaeca5d3bd415c04115f91
font_01_sfnt_off00012246.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12246 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 10796391d8b1ba8ec21716f55720e55bb7e7996add42248b37d98e26b8781255
font_02_sfnt_off00013bd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BD5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1