Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0020e4cbd19f5989…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-19 02:51:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: e605f21713d7f56f82a48866abf4e125 SHA-1: 28b5f25491c89c1fa1b1ec0e066f8a02f89a6ba2 SHA-256: 0020e4cbd19f5989803b66dd0e40a64493812cb7c6a476b2269d9e4a6599c742
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is identified as a link farm, with several links pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cubase+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • http://resheto.ru/users_images/fck/file/46845150513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bdfb86dd93---metemozatokeveguvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bczenekar.hu/files/file/5468635941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f155b54263502f530c3730be10f1d856/fukiwubowofisokekal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webbyshoe.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/55084535000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunriverps.com/data/editor/file/22903673045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ixiu-23.com/uploads/files/202109060247392859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmcp-avac.com/files/upload-ckfinder/files/26534890941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.eu/userfiles/file/jopapexidewufib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pvvc.cz/files/mogakem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65cbc68b75941e59fcaa313c1b8a44b6/pexinowezamavevidanepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613586a9a8f88---6458636262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoletiziamasciotta.eu/userfiles/files/11152858615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcomproltd.com/userfiles/file/544899671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marjojaspers.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31414912602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/036ljkeqbe63ena1q0n7ga7gj9/39319990444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianspringhomes.com/userfiles/files/jatalowobuririw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210907135102189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entryexpress.online/chapter_images/files/natizuxurirazuvebizelogel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drproperty.in/userfiles/file/70347372826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walnutcreekguide.com/wysiwygfiles/file/kekobunelumafalope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deitratech.com/userfiles/file/bujipafekopem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-automation.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70724233147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yomamasushitogo.com/uploads/files/56708745855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d540a66d7c04f66bfbbd7835cf29fce/77288279663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willbramephotography.com/47871694104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e061.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE061 18396 bytes
SHA-256: 477d8eadfda3434b81a38c6626993777db130d9cde7d4a49a6ecacc424d275e6
font_01_sfnt_off0001106c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1106C 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 751d9afb01f29a502af5fe1dbdb75533f2f283e9bc513d888045491162aad51d
font_02_sfnt_off00012873.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12873 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1