Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20b9df4ff93e9ba2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 02:19:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: ab1a0a9c68ec0c7b1152d9ef6e42d72c SHA-1: 0602b8191e314d064b4e8863a3071e0f47a3aae9 SHA-256: 20b9df4ff93e9ba2c799f2fe05968bdef40ec2a56d84f1ea12fa22057795294f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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 http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719fa52da41---23706619634.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-krasnogorsk.ru/upload_picture/file/zesok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalnoboy.com/data/filestorage/upload/files/16244465447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47f29fb4064539fccb0123510c25e55a/46601274984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://q-web.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2djtdgvd15d2ivqq2kdikgjd6/32859682132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/zifogoran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kashima.cc/userfiles/file/91946301193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66dabb4716a39a1033729ceedd29e8e3/sumabiriburor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097f3a7396fd---5263024561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnokorea.com/userfiles/file/61317696569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130a5bbf16a3---diposopobumamifunexuzer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portugaliaimagyarok.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jolobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fishhabitatnetwork.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68022059317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vdq32rdp60hl3tbmdjlkn0f6q6/rovivixadunefesodabis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb9aa6fe90---3984682704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2f60df01b0---25162099424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chunmianxian.com/upfolder/e/files/20210725191802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5be6c0898528725c2a97c26ca9074a05/75224201840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/uzuzimoxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lujibixivabilek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldanang.com/uploads/images/files/37821830110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zhavezbozi.cz/data/file/bevuparemuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=tramadol+100+mg+bula+pdfPDF 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_off0000f2d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2D1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010ae8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AE8 10624 bytes
SHA-256: e86a135376be3d9f9d5b431fa5c6d707a1d9a28f10ca24be79aff2b5032ba913
font_02_sfnt_off000122c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122C1 19328 bytes
SHA-256: c262b34dab5e17536ea92eba8750a43f0026a1615b9779f2499ec66c939e58f1