Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d200f3ce8c54b376…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 14:06:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 338ab5f0e5e062bd8e626551eb6b9d34 SHA-1: 653c4bb4019aaa5ea24a166f139c747c9909cb03 SHA-256: d200f3ce8c54b376e2e285f063ac1ae6cfc34f9aa391f49d81576e6f3365a600
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9910

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://isvpro.com/custom/files/43161195476.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iaqrgv952ol5ss4p2lqpdsb0h2/wefosuvasasew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupahatak.pl/admin/_fck_files/file/xegamane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c27a6a5c5---pigen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/sabemijitazibed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ural-kip.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60703427501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locktactyuma.com/userfiles/file/64763580466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e914bc5be---33552966317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb655f4fd9a---77229412731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f6bca66d9e---zadavikowabunepuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/63344839540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/raevqnedq8flupssc2jbhqpk6m/fevadizusazedarizodek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tndvn.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/givejad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/gilurukejisukudonusipas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096ad1d63c65---takenapama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cinstech-inspect-survey.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/66325766519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd5e3932013---98420637287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b16a02e040cb49344b6257f960ec7ef/netifodete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stalbeckers.nl/userfiles/image/file/sofisotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ccdde18c0---11386805285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f65ac05520---24495432562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loscogliodifavignana.it/userfiles/files/67659002611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=serious+sam+3+bfe+download+free+pcPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off0001521d.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1521D 17492 bytes
SHA-256: 61b38a0f1425e170c41c6c2237164d227be380a73805ba83c5b76a5382ff733a
font_00_sfnt_off00010873.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10873 17992 bytes
SHA-256: 6660103317507a1771210afc1a8141583b276e2eed1baf96b1fa4bb9360894d6
font_01_sfnt_off000137e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137E4 11256 bytes
SHA-256: 1f33cfd9eb42d9baff3d08a923bf3a76ea16e5c1821e19a3290b130f6279ba00
font_03_sfnt_off00016c23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16C23 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1