Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20b839cc91db28df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 00:57:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: fed2cd2e4ea1f1b89aee154eb9426b7e SHA-1: 77cb427d1f07cf392d19855aaad821d4d9618494 SHA-256: 20b839cc91db28df93f3cf40e4c1aede81ec08353bcbb4721bae4e09c9660b80
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://perfecthospital.net/FCKeditor/file/21438702589.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.abcklima.hu//data/editorfile/22500374211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cbc35358ce---5211248844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usaoxin.com/userfiles/2021-5/file/21099797043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1f3fec210aed8cf0fdf6cec867c28c0/xenozijaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glaskunstcentrum.nl/images/file/duxivozig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712b2423d5b---30100816304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shreejians.com/userfiles/file/73526063476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42094f88f4d27b5ba037fd151e1fa47c/45244347127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://summitremodelinginc.com/userfiles/files/kobugoxogurorover.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvkinter.com/file_media/file_image/file/sozujotomutekedowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/82219793328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce3cd6a49c---87332912432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160797dbd9c5e0---kovulogilixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palet-school.com/files/files/nuvupokumotol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q0u5igcfd9lnav19r08tv0giq6/1116511432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eec37b83d7---vofovopolivibitipobidib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benjamindreyer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1887e52912ac490e60a90976829a88a/dimakewolakazupidewodan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608719137f298---vakefisum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nasselgrundet.se/anvandarbilder/156/files/foxudiligiwukosetezovidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b52685d70fc---nenigusaluponupiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69a424996b5c00cd05082d3618495913/47633680159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/nolix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099245447bdd---28503410744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://factory-01.com/js/upload/files/19355501339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=fundamentos+da+biologia+moderna+pdf+amabisPDF 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_off0000cb59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB59 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e370.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE370 11056 bytes
SHA-256: 7e6faed107b3e9df5bfbc4170757d0ba1c9d0f547dd330691d39acca77a312ca
font_02_sfnt_off0000fcb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCB3 18556 bytes
SHA-256: a76a87a89eb86574ea2669457b25a61cb0e405147b10a785ef2653b683e0b2bc