Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20865f2025864083…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-23 18:55:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: cb2822104a20a42a80d1ee2712400516 SHA-1: 590c43aa7d4b29731a9c4be3494362a170118eb7 SHA-256: 20865f202586408311cf26e370ade577000b0469f80fc1dd0ed47c3dfec3a94c
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 link farms hosted on disposable domains. These link farms likely serve as a distribution mechanism for further malicious content, potentially leading to phishing or malware downloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 http://89928386.com/uploads/files/202109201246296343.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ans5680.preneed91.com/upload/files/52248685968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubytovani-budejovice.cz/picture/vtextu/file/78010347484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singlespeed-switzerland.ch/userfiles/files/menupipanitis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erodiertechnik-wenzel.de/userfiles/file/58028949838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ugyvednok.hu/userfiles/file/gelodut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.39koratmachinery.com/file_upload/files/voxuvurozakofamujopijuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bike-accessories.supersites.gr/content/ckfinder/files/tujefinobenud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://henuopack.com/d/files/sixozepikadarufapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h29essv5vi5j17ud86iqgtohlu/1483443809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://df-2.de/images/daten/file/86244668761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://littlepearlspublishing.in/data/eimages/file/betowiwubapegisipagoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ailizia.com/userfiles/82499706427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161480781c9eb2---refer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sensiblemachines.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/jaweviderepirorujujexom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fff7c6f657---kidiwewurepomame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/27487008327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cw-cut.com/uploads/file/93823662479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/78849636844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-p-p-c.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vixowasigega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tufaghanafc.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xugagekikiwopivufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a704de450d44053f6e4aae90cbfb13e/41493021198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marathonroller.com/userfiles/files/64749316372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=top+10+open+world+games+for+android+offlinePDF 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_off0000ec32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC32 10964 bytes
SHA-256: ecc5c91066953d0159ac3ae8ecad054ae06184c9a323eddd1a568cbac4c282fa
font_01_sfnt_off0001056f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1056F 18012 bytes
SHA-256: 9443e6ed034a06395ba66be21d2f32a00e23ab41245ecd9f48d42892747fbfb3
font_02_sfnt_off0001341f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1341F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1