Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20991b5403ccf802…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-08-24 19:18:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 651f3074a3ad6bc10f8a25cd81e2f93a SHA-1: ba152a2dc0e992c25d9860a003ed58b0d56e11b9 SHA-256: 20991b5403ccf802bbf252e78d0440566131fdb553b8f8d2488dd757a9bbb8c5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier indicating maliciousness. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://orderkiwicafe.com/uploads/files/tixatowuwofigumutitinaved.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca6a07ea07---milekelatipinojude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacda.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n6nv4kij0f6h91snsidrcjo6q6/8735115758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioterapiazabiegi.pl/obrazy/file/41987069161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a67a481e7e9b24fe54e20505cb764a82/70822189391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brainbond.ro/userfiles/file/12181950600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pf5feld9b4h4m665n1r39onaj1/17364025819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiin-torng.com/uploadfiles/20210731082258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/vigaxipowatok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bortran.com/upload/image/file/20210618103111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cfdfdbf350366ab623a2e988ef76b73/94250177361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/tozozikorakuvuwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99c72efa67713ae83271b34986b16b9c/nuvaputikivejevimonaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bramfordgc.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55289037052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deewanalarab.com/up_imgs/pumaxafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611fe2432cf70---98322132843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigsvatcharasith.com/userfiles/file/32501958311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b5f1343c54---dewubotosuvuvezozuxakixen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ds23edig8hgjs982vl4961o1ut/33470729438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerpathrecruitment.com/swapscan/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84156680866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanwanderer.com/himalayan/userfiles/files/fuzividum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjandjunemillerfarm.com/clients/75830/File/vapafasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://felixefontesadvogados.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76790779435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6a722c566---nelikuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giant-nano.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/22565553749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=one+ui+2.0+for+note+8PDF 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_off00010521.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10521 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011d33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D33 16872 bytes
SHA-256: d1dee3ddcc925f58b9700371ca09341f9c72476a98db349a2c99db8c9af4e3c9
font_02_sfnt_off0001493c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1493C 10472 bytes
SHA-256: cc1c399c40c20e88cd780342126e81c4aebac8d12e1f4fbcffa8c6f42ac5dca6