Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c205ecdba623256b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-08 01:33:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a1fa02ab3eab7df9aa5c44121c484f31 SHA-1: aa4e382d07b808b016397e5feb2c5d44d66da485 SHA-256: c205ecdba623256bfe0227838e1ac3f17187c420820296a42eca425524254053
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=township+unlimited+everything
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf9a8704a2355f854bf8084d312339ed/77624008680.pdf
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/14511643654.pdf
    • https://qpshouse.com/upload/image/file/fifaxororipikanim.pdf
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94a0b2bf8f86ceb683c7b4d046d8f0ee/71907803001.pdf
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97d9c7d93ccffbc5f08a9d5548902d67/66124832044.pdf
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b974031cd---nofapaxukodibixaso.pdf
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078bdc3270e0---45600980877.pdf
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b3bf410b3---99078302317.pdf
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/21071683063.pdf
    • https://legacydockandmarine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6897d2d99d38249c14d8796685d7e612/11906857105.pdf
    • http://www.prieteniitehnicii.ro/documente/file/99472134286.pdf
    • https://www.profiemg.cz/upload/ck/files/wasopenawutoseboxijija.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608670faec164---35807381369.pdf
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/wutipanuwitosi.pdf
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f5ebdbbf98203827220edbadef00dae/segusefefefusilomafem.pdf
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d962333022---febegepinegefekodumaka.pdf
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0396c1fc89---85701104022.pdf
    • http://photonart.nl/phpcmsys/file/rurarivejemedow.pdf
    • http://kunbot.com/upload/files/zaxexubugitimibisumoxaj.pdf
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/1498315870.pdf
    • https://usssecuritate.ro/userfiles/file/birosewabo.pdf
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769b9647265---domigiri.pdf
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086cc72788e1---zewimubegajomug.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000efb6.bin
55d87ed8325419fae2a650a27325651edf9c01cd1ff91396adb12ae48d2f8d74
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFB6 17600 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011e18.bin
bb8a303362daab4d4955fc05811fa45a0a34ec23bd9e38ddd7bfba4763c7084a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E18 11008 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013759.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13759 16792 bytes