Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20328d57cdc1de29…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 02:35:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 36e4a7490820a6f009d62da3090cca2c SHA-1: 44dd6da798b435758d7a9f683e3874430b5cfe62 SHA-256: 20328d57cdc1de296bcb3aaa8d288fea7cbe63ade9f2872ad4c256f938196bc0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. These elements strongly suggest the document is designed to lure users to external sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=rotation+worksheet+grade+7 PDF link annotation
    • http://zkqzl.com/uploadfile/file///2021081802204386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4a21dee037---73098073752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f93a7c7546---67650974502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a191bb484c9---69447153545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regaluxiluminacion.com/uploads/assets/file/vabejone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123a71b03674---gejapuwuwevasedusutipudef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duhocblueocean.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/votatus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assessmentinsight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vomopabisipamoren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078bc8a239e0---58270699150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96614788997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b73a6e691d2---67510658699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asharfilalkulfi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lubab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/36818115267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suacuacuontoanphat.com/upload/files/kidujotitoxolalexes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telenovella-bg.com/files/guxujezuxisadok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accu-split.com/userfiles/files/34917317504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ducthanggroup.com/webroot/img/files/39018581432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/pabiwamowogisiwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef3mtaegv5jlbgb7sheken1co4/koridiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d881d915420ad225335dc1670d286391/jugariwosuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609da657dd9ba---lajelux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e097a2ed360b4acc8432c48bee2f151f/51839336297.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_off0000d574.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD574 17808 bytes
SHA-256: 9db90b9ec5c8c5276094887e06c1d4b3ce3fa031db039a3491f679af1ec4e38d
font_01_sfnt_off00010317.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10317 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B2E 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 87d3f3d10d18dc6786511ac2553b5de38293bed31b89aa12bdf69d8da24cb9a3