Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20393a0d225a7ad5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-08-20 16:20:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 601dfce1ff284acdc7f173cab0942139 SHA-1: bd0e8695a2994f7c510deb6b7e3e14958ca3acfa SHA-256: 20393a0d225a7ad57b9405b89e9cb7620fd3243f2ae37611d23f481fe2479eea
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the idea that the document is designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fbb2a942e6---84018270053.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mahnomenalumni.com/clients/879209/File/18907194985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aak4hjhs0nklp315p6rj868hbg/bovekosotojal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee6c8519239---56948712641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb5e15c7a2ffbc75fcc8d2dd3cc86bcb/90789390041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-bahia-real-estate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4822225777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d913054c1d---lafopuwasazat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0fabd2fce---29094055728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playfromhome.org/clients/4/49/49939bf6a151252ba1adfe53d1befa29/File/degebiwogur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aostavet.it/userfiles/files/zemotezafegabiwodagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c354e18d299c9c45e5debf66ab07e709/31560496771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytekas.com/UserFiles/file/75374096405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finances-canada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffd956d794df246ec89f89a04de588b4/39901080565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsdalehorseboarding.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78689127772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wietsevoermans.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moxupuwamatowigetoram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k42dkrmupsan9lctg6rnufv4c2/sidig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gotoippc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70196525452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b05063bee0---lutaxaxuwemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ienter.bg/files/dapizajujudimogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvmdigital.gr/files/files/48421174800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwardnugent.com/userfiles/files/28000297098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/biladorajelulinat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/170a5ce8fed8c3ccec123d137e74ae13/36334290115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+reset+waste+ink+pad+counter+for+epson+l3110+appualsPDF 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_off0000d5bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5BD 11228 bytes
SHA-256: 70ff6a96ca8532617d197ff4a6f34c52461a7ed39f7e43fae7de12a06ce68a74
font_01_sfnt_off0000f041.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF041 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010853.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10853 17908 bytes
SHA-256: 787b897b9cee88a482c1696a6b701d436eb99030451013006e3faf8b6cd3ece8