Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20b2c6d253e07b98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-07-08 09:01:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 76e1530a691493983e870edb7eb7a2d5 SHA-1: 39bdf9acbf375d4b70eb05ff9f8591973ec59246 SHA-256: 20b2c6d253e07b982be43e917509ccd47848d2b41e72f9a8fa3ef5f45bb8bad6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which are compromised WordPress sites. These factors, combined with ClamAV detection and ML classification, strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://amy-tsai.com/images_express/userfiles/files/30666349642.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://brune-schmuckwerk.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9685913035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/41083815167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778ae07b6b8---rifazuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04697e727c806a588d5680f730134f4f/putojepuxubori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fonixkoncert.hu/upload/file/gudowejav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tafgambiatours.com/userfiles/file/23569018139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/fudame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946952b19c4---vudoferibabovewogililuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aisef.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/dosogisazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polish-house.com/uploades/fckeditorfile/45741933448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nena-artspace.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuluwuxefigigilode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750c77023e3---64567770033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3df082363b---morelafasuxuziwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iweldbot.com/ckfinder/pho/files/womasojazur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb1068c248b0756060a2d6257037d1b0/fevonixijofipebawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a63bdb5cdac---52458862771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylgems.com/file_media/file_image/file/34386108074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/molukenadewunusul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/66880051775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b47cea6a312---gibupimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71a2cf2c9a6ade21da1537214acb3278/guwavezijalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=before+and+after+infant+torticollisPDF 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_off0000e573.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE573 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD85 16664 bytes
SHA-256: 5a5ca03f461902d65fe87317b3dae436ece14c4b6a6f885306f812f9dafa6cd6
font_02_sfnt_off000128c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128C0 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 7fdd384922e890aa2d0286ff5e29c9283f3b1bdfd9ac24c782c8bd25ebe48d21