Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20342efacd09cb06…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:05:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e71ae81a3891c79f939d9cc437cc54c8 SHA-1: d5ae37298ed1dcfff2a6397d9d2d6af6dc733f85 SHA-256: 20342efacd09cb0645668f05f077c41d03957daf4f11ecead7cc52d4cda11f08
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, further obscuring its true purpose but reinforcing the likelihood of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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 http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/78669019034.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ks-zahnarztpraxis.de/upload/files/sumenobatonuteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferest.ro/imagini_ws/xujipetove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b116f07aff81eac7a2bbb6991662b1c8/14792670172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indemo.pl/Image/files/40847010388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowenlawmt.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/miliwiveliba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608044708cc19---tubabomanuwumuwebop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/525e1627a59331e7cf2ce99e402b6c69/96155427039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d7c7570cb4---41548932387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a1e171776f---lumevavipimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/gedagepujeburav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betentour.com/sites/default/files/file/54642312889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/998dd0e1b457c4762ea1368850c8343d/76494470325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erainbowrealty.com/userfiles/file/betirifozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosafety.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53979877452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahamit.net/userfiles/file/jukanajumirijugomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d6974b2047---lasezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161127570ce6ed---pewufedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613183a6cbb26---48078893206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landi-bg.com/images/file/78198407111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratsimae.ee/media/contents/file/21957620775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0ea26ee825---purizozodararepixodewez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stagelight.pl/userfiles/files/dokopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b608ff47804---mezemaminamikelegogizikev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=iso+17025+pdf+espa%C3%B1ol+gratisPDF 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_off0000b70c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB70C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF23 11204 bytes
SHA-256: 0aca088b2d08a30d81d7e52e42197cb641efd74ecf6e7d14f98c160ac9953400
font_02_sfnt_off0000e966.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE966 15744 bytes
SHA-256: b3a10b83122d60f7fa6a3366819de56f8557fe290a9354bfbd68d65bda58a99a