Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20bd59c4b5b1ef0e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-07-09 02:09:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f5c7e8c0fd435b55684aa4857a171214 SHA-1: dacc37aef45b779abc5aa5c204631432ee2192e4 SHA-256: 20bd59c4b5b1ef0e6de9f63efbc4d847aa5e7fb5bb25a35bc2086705976900f0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate a likely attempt to deliver a phishing lure or download a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=black+and+white+big+fluffy+dog
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/noladafosaz.pdf
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3b1883975a14bed54ff6c9a7cdd8f8f/sonilawadejeburuk.pdf
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2bf8931fc---lemapajifuguwomaduzibasa.pdf
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j7q0f8mgv8kn7v3nn379ncnnvr/5615969659.pdf
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9663de36b83c82947f56d0ac19c4d790/39568290742.pdf
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3hiorbbo43npjuioph39m4a4po/bodumeligibubiz.pdf
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/dutimatamug.pdf
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb7c0b11d6---44352360396.pdf
    • http://savitapiti.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/forekuw.pdf
    • http://technology-mp.it/userfiles/files/xipezaziku.pdf
    • https://pensiuneavlasin.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tstioerdvodcp8s4d82nr68c7t/watopigizaselezo.pdf
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pu8g7c55duahrjblm844l75n68/52150303890.pdf
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607caba09d67d---2921716098.pdf
    • https://fajanav.com/aym_image/files/xabebog.pdf
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160777c00e7b5a---junotupefosalemujose.pdf
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/jagabodib.pdf
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074b0a74336c---22359975921.pdf
    • http://nsdadventist.org/FCKData/file/gonujugoliv.pdf
    • http://archidaldegan.eu/userfiles/files/21550664877.pdf
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rdkh0f3cijk5pa75jtkq9qgcht/tigutepolarexamonidila.pdf
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38c1ec234ddbd405fee33994fc2de36b/xidizunagadonixifizikik.pdf
    • http://bloomx.com/sites/all/sites/bloomx.com/files/21708382831.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f70b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF70B 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010f22.bin
87fc9ce8ef1ed62adcda09a1ade81c69a31e26538a9ce085569a36ed06b256e8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F22 11072 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000128bc.bin
00bdcca85fed1ab34c37773d2176b5891c3fa9ec1360a9e59d7b3205f642ee70
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128BC 16324 bytes