Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20619e4eb41962f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-07-02 11:34:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6bd90a868c1e726a527c852109f84466 SHA-1: 8d18928ed31560c031f05644804f812c512ac78f SHA-256: 20619e4eb41962f1083b8208a97ba66ff325517cbbab54d40cb6a60da167c93c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of external URI heuristics and link farm indicators points to a spearphishing attachment as the likely initial access vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+free+robux+in+iphone
    • http://riversedgefm.com/files/file/niwolenukilelup.pdf
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a06c35c8de---tibeketopilemejujeduxakug.pdf
    • https://estoniapools.com/contents//files/motiwojukuzonaniw.pdf
    • https://awlights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b56b05364d2a5174eb168d4f7e3a96d/75031126604.pdf
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/is4a9gen4pagiid6j2o45lkajv/20033216591.pdf
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81bd9b36f96dc0fbc47b085fbbb1fc79/fegipovixitaguxegifiwoli.pdf
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160981fc996081---zepokigojesodififerazimu.pdf
    • https://www.westcountrystoves.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36f3f65fd75975e10c23bd7b71b16c21/59408051782.pdf
    • http://cnp-inc.com/ckupload/files/gujiwovosatuvud.pdf
    • http://huntland.hu/upload/file/47747481679.pdf
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160830e9893e24---noxaxavovemu.pdf
    • https://badrivishal.com/media/milewazesixezojulidita.pdf
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb3bd954f03---jufidekexetifisisuka.pdf
    • https://parokisantolukas.org/Uploads/userfiles/files/lalaforoziduwat.pdf
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o82e23daq2k6dhjr09avei3113/43600993604.pdf
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9mj73gjld5pu2u1vf6abv6cbu3/17360993349.pdf
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789cbc5f664---zutekoxifixaj.pdf
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871ab9b1787---wosamaxulavoninun.pdf
    • https://ltanimalpark.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b19608a9939dc21b8972f3e2a7ea6d72/73216379577.pdf
    • http://blessingsngo.in/userfiles/files/52782544307.pdf
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d2a39f641---jomusu.pdf
    • http://nutranghongngoc.com/media/ftp/file/vabowo.pdf
    • https://fleschimmo.lu/userfiles/files/lowavabotasoveko.pdf
    • http://atomleasing.ru/media/File/lirufazofulalosufafiji.pdf
    • http://jestbogiem.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/xenumujifopuk.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f48c.bin
13cfd8f23fccf567df482d985b364c165a15abccc69f76aeb83c24e12d49f1ce
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF48C 17272 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000121cf.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121CF 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000139e6.bin
cca497cf1146bf237ab7e2a4c2e5b17b71da94c2723bbaed66ebdea128c044fc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139E6 10680 bytes