Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20919a86f6c890d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 21:06:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 85b9d2fd8976e9bfbb129ebab26a6517 SHA-1: eaa0eb90db8700028852085b6dc99137492400bf SHA-256: 20919a86f6c890d1f8669b6c5534e82acc73c0bdc9cba589161184528b0df5d6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, presenting numerous URLs that point to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a deceptive user interaction pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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.
  • 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://webhenevents.com/clients/868374/File/6914028701.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://reclameindex.nl/images/uploads/paguxiwixatimexigipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d587dabfbd---vufawivojob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fgcrubochi.com.ng/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rabatitimekulul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackshirts1962.com/clients/f/f2/f245580d3072b78cda2271cf7a7e3f61/File/87389673104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r1bhqfv5dd0hv93bcas0bv0qg5/99820022755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://struttur-arch.it/userfiles/files/68040442320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610295ef816ae---zazogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rulife.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44426267970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kede.org/userfiles/file/89319135862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itandem.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38453701189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textmakareknutsson.se/upload/image/nizigitomubipoxomalap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--clinicaquirogavilario-vbc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h801a4f58m79rrdha5990ng5a0/xuledananabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809d993912a---46927384731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stitesattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/razeweruxotepunidamupowot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c079c5951c---67607418046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenbins.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75223619319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svltv.in/userfiles/files/16550466149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicyazd.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/watinixosuvanir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ck-tct.ru/userfiles/file/nireradakori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083bef3529f5---jolerimijapavirub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e842a2191b---70529017743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/70985497490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wodepcb.cn/uploadfiles/files/xabulanevelaxeximalek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://decoveinvestment.com/userfiles/file/93150326014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+to+word+excel+powerpoint+converterPDF 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_off0000d55a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD55A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED6C 17608 bytes
SHA-256: f29ada69dd7c72de2b7d2a39732b1aa7fd63258711228b5357406d17ad557c45
font_02_sfnt_off00011ada.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ADA 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 7d95d3131ca01198944262f1522d87d8f4563a0c51f7e3ae350f7783ff2bab52