Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20ade4f8b2de283e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-18 16:48:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: db97f944d59b424372cd5b52eeb26b0a SHA-1: 4d867ba4634cebe96e26e48bbe99f9832cd9ac44 SHA-256: 20ade4f8b2de283e5c752adb552d84b7444a62d379422cac5ad3aad2dd2a54cb
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 compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of creating link farms on such hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

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.
  • 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://rtm-plus.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vedag.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuvozudewemelafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://futurefacesmiami.com/uploads/file/68681734325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptekadc.pl/userfiles/userfile/59667274816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanstime.com/userData/board/file/dofokolodefixuwovaker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibingvibes.com/userfiles/files/90738946317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dautuck.com/uploads/userfiles/file/ximetulolimirubugazijomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joebalogh.ro/imagini_ws/86535649523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highendschmiede.de/highendfiles/file/guzixojexebapifevovuvofif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorce-difficile.fr/userfiles/file/14315748583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c07881703eefbd14c6398edb332e9f63/83311080387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dd2edef235---xelozizelopaneforabavonos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/170f227f28ab6080e10a3686c3b68e61/ralidufowawozefuxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://108pizza.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/tosunesizuwijumala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/6948336753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotstamping.pl/files/file/55301119718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talentfuturesservices.com/sharpinstitute/images/files/34837925074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning-chemistry.ro/userfiles/file/nazadapajabagazujerisivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angem.fr/userfiles/file/tolitexizefalurarek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://durgabas.coop.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zejatunutofuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pereplanirovkaoblast.ru/pict/file/93814572436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanespresso.com/espresso_ckfinder/userfiles/files/70059969531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbezcba9a5aggb3j.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dedaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-polyana.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/falefumutime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.39koratmachinery.com/file_upload/files/kugimiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=ofilmywap+com+inPDF 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_off0000df25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF25 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f737.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF737 17396 bytes
SHA-256: 8df3abee3eb11cfa13ac817b65d896896502cec7e34c8112d7092ed94bd43634
font_02_sfnt_off000123ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123ED 10368 bytes
SHA-256: 95a89054aa3c8e97d15f1be1e9d6d0286a887392e556c51ba722ef526a859eb9