Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20a51ce5a373c5b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:48:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 0464cb9d7dfe17803406c52f52a792b8 SHA-1: 44a2cee8d5910caf5cef7b00789db78cedcba56d SHA-256: 20a51ce5a373c5b92fd02f735deba018e3c00d8c2c5057c4a09e140dcf46308a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to host malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a phishing or malware distribution lure. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' confirms the malicious nature, likely involving a phishing attempt to trick users into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • 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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nts+educators+guide+book+pdf+download+2017 PDF link annotation
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b79009a68eb---18943077171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608356ac937b8---65039453059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a84b19df069---gunugowanorawozumoguxalul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trouver-une-ssii.com/img/pics/files/7961532855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0f8cca667---felozanipapoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f83bdf7440a2c35deb0ea9834fcf01f/73205551492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancars.eu/uploads/edytor/file/sategupegunavovevenod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gujaratisamajparis.org/upload/files/lizenofunusowoteduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pet.nfe.go.th/m_site/ckfinder/userfiles//files/juzijanodesevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/vegodupogokefarinoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kadernictvo-svetlana.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/82862805535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ddd6231d84407974558c19acb531f89/48296481310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://championshipsportsrings.com/clients/23492/File/16537447427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlmberatung.ch/userfiles/files/60008141207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secohthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/rufogodotudikazes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d70fddeb7584f5779e8ba524bd12218/98025600081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restravel.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43301197263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nordicaluminium.ru/userfiles/file/80187106191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ffe9f3c4988---31183081902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotaquangninh.org/data/dulieu/files/lebanitopukulibodol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa55b1a6bd---foginagugagasezem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/2264481299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b21c0bb39d8---wifafaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gotoippc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71695442889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ddc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDC2 20292 bytes
SHA-256: 9c0f7440fffc179ea199970341d2ddf4c497bb861992dc038ffc3ecb860c7069
font_01_sfnt_off000111ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111EE 11532 bytes
SHA-256: 3022cbda90ecf7e95f40e270a75d5795e392ecf8feaee75bd157feeefb5fedc8
font_02_sfnt_off00012d2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D2B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1