Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ad20b484cccfd58…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 08:48:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 2bd7caaf310064f238fe986f0a0dfff1 SHA-1: 9f3d590b04b80e456f20fb571cadee57a7076522 SHA-256: 1ad20b484cccfd58eea62a380b5a3019f7f613bfa13300675e49b28d59ce682c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further exploitation, while the link farm structure is a common tactic for phishing or distributing secondary payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfdd13bdd1---25064722703.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://poltinka.ru/userfiles/file/40515449164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e3c722d80b---53143331426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stromzeleny.cz/file/gajinununixatefomizorube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latework.cz/soubory/4273617254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timandlor.com/userfiles/file/39889850672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160957ca603d5a---pujodijekadudijeramanawat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://funperm.ru/content/file/81730970706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f59862939eb---39208158607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a983abafa4d---62068725969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vyveva.eu/UserFiles/File/xepowupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/6477015116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2b85410da9---69404057435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vasantviharproperties.com/userfiles/file/vedijusiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609235c063180---lakanegud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turismoporsantander.com/aym_image/files/63041542510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viettrungson.com/media//Files/fepizit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokwuttibut.com/file_media/file_image/file/38538196996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raegcafe.com/uploads/files/17998965267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bocion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38138786008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/13107701743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bselink.com/userfiles/file/pizebelutifusubax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativetechno.in/userfiles/file/30504672349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ktcz.eu/files/files/65060728925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e620fd3d6f3---47241308779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=wachteln+br%C3%BCten+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfed43b7f7394dfcf2e2cfcbd9ab4fc4/20044684310.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_off0000f923.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF923 21476 bytes
SHA-256: 0e645f402feeaaa900812690aa4ed161c633d7d90db01afe1ba15b15b9b07bbf
font_01_sfnt_off00012f76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F76 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001478d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1478D 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 89de550ae18f909506afcf3bb42d541ff29698fd4e096bdd8b7ac60c9753a3c6