Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20435c5062d2c92f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-08-23 10:38:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: abc72b03d6279842da8c78c92f52a889 SHA-1: f82fe30b9c5aefecc77cff05af1b465f7787eaa7 SHA-256: 20435c5062d2c92f982eaed5cf23e42833f88e0bd93792bd74dca53c81822cb7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=one+mile+no+sweat+cadence PDF link annotation
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0a8ace25c84c372b00143a403c643ec/kadeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://francois-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kedetesunokagevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac76f0fe41e66c21f8e3d3e1258fd3e5/58419358791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a386f280e8a---37814331002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sshs1962.info/clients/3/33/33dcd814b32da85629335a95ab3d0158/File/wagidiwava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ballarioarchitetti.eu/userfiles/files/dexefodifinitosug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phatnang.com/media/ftp/file/murigagonek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anpheatingandac.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/wakuvanexesopik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9ae2f1e63007990a0ddd33b269d3684/perajebavelunesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b05cea48edf---69577156679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanabuauto.com/js/upload/files/64092317707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yonseri.org/userfiles/files/33162301855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8c2137537e---wavakanopugivenuzuzipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7e429dff3---jodakekixof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5572d4a528397a7341981f0acd785afa/88597240305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fobosgrunt.ru/files/ckfinder/files/fisirurilojivewixega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bd-sokolovska.eu/userfiles/file/59476643506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f297216160---jirapinotabipevorud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petala.gr/userfiles/file/dagebofanisusopadix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4cfc81f473---jotirekozebazikafef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d8cba34fefa7b07b3b13c07da510f8a/piponatubun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelstrack.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/618177383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starkhigh1972.com/clients/d/dd/dd83d6d7846a033806cdb512e10d7d7c/File/bezemexom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4049248a55ed07419b4a8ff4599c589a/11092580691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equimat-cheval.fr/file/25437881818.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_off0000e2f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2F6 17692 bytes
SHA-256: a0114ece670f2b83a8ff34a1fd23f983af7d8a0bec26893ebc6eb4a688d4d051
font_01_sfnt_off0001117f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1117F 10540 bytes
SHA-256: fa4a7c557ac03ecff52e1fff5a01e0b471965658c4587d119d26a527753d6155
font_02_sfnt_off0001299c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1299C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1