Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20c07e561910cbfe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 04:14:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 544b9e1901b13cb50c25eda5e68ed62e SHA-1: 2f81254136fe9c02342c2846136cecce6390e4ff SHA-256: 20c07e561910cbfe77091819258d09191af24dcd382240abd9fd2192db25d5a2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, some of which appear to be compromised. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic suggests a potential pretext for user interaction, although no explicit document body content was available to confirm this.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://radissonhoteltraining.com/userfiles/file/zamis.pdf
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0452d03809---luwimo.pdf
    • https://gtselect.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96679284597.pdf
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fc6aab5017240c4bd897c14f89a2d43/bunikokexujudagagu.pdf
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d09ab5dd103---10164186243.pdf
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a9862ddba9---20846269302.pdf
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/fawedizapezitirozuleliza.pdf
    • https://riondene.ch/img/uploads/file/zofugisorito.pdf
    • https://www.temsilcifirsatlari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160834199b4b4b---zupapojufufadoragimofan.pdf
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n260v8fadod10qjrm00sh4e829/10504345352.pdf
    • http://marthomaiticherukole.com/userfiles/file/bagabalemajido.pdf
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a41097a9114---sereginoxutasavuzariga.pdf
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/mogamumitajefun.pdf
    • http://seigyobannkaigaikikaku.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3139939259.pdf
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160885d80b3aa3---59539141564.pdf
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099fe8b05daa---kobelatenapojulid.pdf
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1e6ae57168---zidowotukejojitenitoz.pdf
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/poloz.pdf
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3aa049c63---xalup.pdf
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2441e1db8013933853c8885b5d7a35e0/dezofebixixumas.pdf
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/batuwijulatewur.pdf
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jr9pkig6bd1ve6qd15qatp9od4/6089651661.pdf
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0jraobg0nt2ebb7bh1rp00e9rh/2283136374.pdf
    • http://99hospitalitygroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lesironewajesamuk.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=registers+and+counters+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_off0000dc47.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC47 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f459.bin
586e106dce6effa96b623f7874fd43fa982ac04eb4a077039a11b7f064f133de
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF459 16232 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011e91.bin
55c6df7ee9bcc1dc34e9c095275d675a494c6ef2cf7459c1fe4bcbebc90e85ce
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E91 10892 bytes