Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e200d8b41bd21f22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 08:25:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 3d007c9bf28ff4deea9ab9e2a171d876 SHA-1: 7fc168408e69d52ce91a94b7cf1e915ca709712a SHA-256: e200d8b41bd21f224beab7b3eb51bf0a3551d9549eb1253b99b4a88a8a47ffb7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. This behavior is indicative of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f3909c4c4---figapipejezax.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bf59e28e80fbc8dec1d664ca62d0ee8/mozifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec937b01798dd29f048fdf013b9720a6/58573224086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607272d1f38b3---pepiganidoturidipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/fomozinizike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/1243349168609ba8c49b55a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c17e74f821e90f7a1fda18cb3997e850/64765604518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noithathoaphat11.com/upload/files/96306839518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a48373c1f1---15304689024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cd23e79cef---89326147729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afkaemaq3mmikpmlmo8v0df9d3/34957212238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nationalcoopadvisors.com/userfiles/files/pikoridoxenikafexaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073245f2d0ce---81088882908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100305403fb7---1596851581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodexgida.com/uploads/files/zavunokewumidavefagewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavalentina.ro/app/webroot/file/turepagazuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spbmedaks.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/68294885131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sammyuriasproperties.com/userfiles/files/xezinafetugenepaxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangtaoad.com/uploads/userfiles/file/48723891502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniradioweb.info/userfiles/files/bazajeropulapokubatoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=means+of+diplomacyPDF 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_off0000b939.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB939 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d14b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD14B 16128 bytes
SHA-256: d5c9349def4d560b8054dfd2f5a654b54d2c6c53aea2a05ec38db3f979fd3c7f
font_02_sfnt_off0000fafc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAFC 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 384728efac06a501a098a1d32afc24c9897684c30cb4cc5ec6a4548b58e87771