Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20a50ca47ca8ad81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-07-22 14:06:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 08af58ab8934dd42e88b1eaca58f8cc3 SHA-1: 3441b3bcf3c23467a84336fb1295ddf5d532b498 SHA-256: 20a50ca47ca8ad81bc87ef17f1cd99041a43bdc31997bf07ea70cb34c99a642d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised or disposable hosting sites. The presence of numerous unknown URLs suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 http://baovevietnam-vnss.com/upload/file/renesolimal.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f45dcae144---71425489432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db9a38b9998---kakisavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/susat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8f6b19415f---gumexepapipusaxilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607556bcd0c2f---kaloturigapidenizawurap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klick-tipp.info/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/podiwuxewujozasuguxabejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085449cc1dc4---28948802095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080905e3b376---sirebilufizovuwulebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancleaningservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54494fe507d200891df27719cf75fb2e/betavupisinutipedome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulichgiahy.com/upload/file/daxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/xorolevafopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ballstonfamilymedicine.com/clients/861402/File/mesisebina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f9a27a288b---vemekivomuxelajodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b003513f12---29738594987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091aa5a5f699---kusazavozigibapiwujuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b351f038f55---39698296265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a82ba451c30---jiwavet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6216hkfurrqbvu9ikhj31am002/lubuporuzapaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2e55d8dc94e0ffcc31ede7656226a5c/xeguzebug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b4ef1a894---tofiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mudrkanuch.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/99029245523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27b14179a7e6d7a18c72c074bf56fa8b/20499036386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ombs.ru/uploads/files/33696251873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipsbrothersmill.com/clients/6/65/65192871cce8a6e36080a9ebd2808b02/File/pezulabofujokoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=lamb+to+the+slaughter+answersPDF 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_off0000e231.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE231 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA43 16628 bytes
SHA-256: cae6898168dd9c93327706edc5aa418b111abbaab47ca09190e70a080188bfaf
font_02_sfnt_off0001254f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1254F 10744 bytes
SHA-256: b55cab0e2cf99960c60a9f9d59ca1921fc56d00518ac4edff6a78eea4dbfd377