Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2205a5988347ce5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-06-28 01:46:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 520bdf6b31309565aa9370f40b993957 SHA-1: 0c12793d6ead8f72e973267f2c59bc169b255bcf SHA-256: c2205a5988347ce59500428df87d8b228640b306b130dae12a9e920e9ab90937
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. These links point to other PDF files, suggesting a chain of redirection or a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d82e46bcce---fojetubezimobu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bmat.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/48469689192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d68a3011c76---58289912860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doverhighschoolhalloffame.com/clients/2/2d/2d76883e1086210ef8e2c43836b0327f/File/zozogaselabexebutajisofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3b3a119dea---80159509914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bg3ba7tqgo5etln2d0u7v2vd5a/20765842448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenshinorchids.com/FCKeditor_upload/file/40418594611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7963e6fcced242d478eecce57152e2ca/wikijebebawixemilaresux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b9d6197b89---29703700993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081345cf2658---52018991184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b33dd94ef3e78dc70462c681f6cfd72/tamopojurupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc4adc9793f---36769540030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac5f9d8a599---33742363872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bodegaadrover.com/userfiles//imagenes/luzanegusukiradovogupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfa5becc903---84695536554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/67241416955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assytekservizi.com/userfiles/files/59648126179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xz-brand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/figal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f168ecb97a---livebamoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f85a628d0939c9d5893e62e02c35fe9/puwuwenexemoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a094bd5f41---92971772861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szallas-karpatalja.com/upload/gonivezevizesiwim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0379f31f85---79113407828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/rurilukofipubipenemimofuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=binary+to+octal+examplePDF 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_off0000e45f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE45F 10636 bytes
SHA-256: d20d3af57d5630f8aedfe9d0973937d9de281bde56e7a3cdb6f0d7a05b4d309a
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCB5 17468 bytes
SHA-256: 2c7d6b9ba47944d91dba47f5ab5207ba20ca339ea0183619e7aef884907fa254
font_02_sfnt_off00012ade.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ADE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1