Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20107d2781f84bfe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-07-04 01:46:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: aaa18b16f8328daa2ec8e408ffffd877 SHA-1: 45541ac35cad7bbe7a989c9e367118528eb0611a SHA-256: 20107d2781f84bfecede6067072f5f85678d0f409dbb1c474dbbe2ca71bcb918
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, designed to trick the user into downloading a secondary payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 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 https://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=multipolar+neurons+have PDF link annotation
    • https://vansuloi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/kizekabajos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bravo-hk.com/userfiles/file/9327165934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9e8f6440db83d3026d117a630923f59/624791955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agronlogistics.com/userfiles/files/vamimis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae10807754c---roxoradubezuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081430cdf1a1---17205937623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://napraforgohotel.hu/upload/file/78173501004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082520bb0fde---lofusog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/lumulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090039f735f0---74214481627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af7783e173b---bivonetefagiwowirun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qfhe62kh2lo7ajq9pbsno1hk99/12049836789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thessalonikiflights.com/files/files/1933942416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/202033241601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archerelectricsupply.com/userfiles/file/zureredixej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd7bbf7f8ca9be39663b22fd5c838f1e/22297386096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/92775674971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/11262343597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bd7fea2821---gikepodavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078bdd4002b1---69214349759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xistenze.com/files/files/mezamikegerew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/giet1olqhq2d7mtfk01n69tv17/jojefubuvikiwufosomo.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_off0000e848.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE848 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001005f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1005F 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 79f6e0c798f6904c9f49f9c3b91cdfd89f6cbca76a2fde935f32d0c21f254d7b
font_02_sfnt_off00011840.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11840 16176 bytes
SHA-256: c3447cb60f2ed2c4390b059c49d2ffcd4bec87557e1e39199b90423006f064bc