Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20c3897cc0c5b672…

MALICIOUS

PDF

163.9 KB Created: 2021-07-21 14:20:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 4abf420b4fd36c5e6bf2e8557c800432 SHA-1: 6df538fa333672b7fa5bde8be857c3d3330b3b5c SHA-256: 20c3897cc0c5b6727a5a469a00515bf088f582c0c1052a38f293f3894a4ed46e
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to external resources, including compromised WordPress sites and link farms, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristic 'SE_MFA_LURE' indicates the document is designed to harvest multi-factor authentication credentials or session tokens. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9750

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • MFA / one-time-code harvesting lure high SE_MFA_LURE
    Document asks for a one-time code, authenticator approval, or MFA confirmation — consistent with credential phishing kits that steal session tokens or abuse multi-factor authentication
  • 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 http://musiclivemarsala.com/userfiles/files/74873424708.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.deep2001.com/images/library/File/89819389657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160820b2855d25---jivev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p4e1irsqhjo18kku239udl8m8j/wudozituxulomaroda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rustproofingottawa.com/userfiles/file/pojup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beatmuellerfoto.ch/userfiles/files/67566943012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eada068c48---notefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aweibel.com/Photo/file/dugidozafasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenapp.net/file/pulumeliwodotilitoxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/102d6f17c5ac5b58e18722d2c8d1c2ff/17084647226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac8ccd093eb66f60b734622401784ab4/83564486000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starlightcelebrates.ca/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/siwarewapefemoximiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lose-weight.tw/upload/files/98126790016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apvn.info/userfiles/file/62431790427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/74428991101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a4f9780d9e---pozot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a25a16a452a---79408879802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kruengrangthai.com/files/files/92624027958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/xuzuzeturuduwat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608808da63cc1---xisikulujugubekesumaragas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6759e517c7---92882654113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/90201508058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massvt.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/60064468914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c65b05cba8f5910d390179583bec4fe/4622505439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=words+with+sh+sound+in+the+middlePDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001feff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1FEFF 16244 bytes
SHA-256: b1ef7b52ed35dfd01120c19ee4193d967dc828f2fc549fe1a2d8c3c5029b4647
font_01_sfnt_off000214ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x214EC 10532 bytes
SHA-256: 0e29152b4c2850135224f9c6ed396fb1af2625779b5c83e15f43be4ab3dbbdf9
font_02_sfnt_off00022cba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22CBA 24220 bytes
SHA-256: 04a132ad278fa3977286080ec190904b4f3c406a46860e61ef8fae1fbf0e3617
font_03_sfnt_off00026915.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x26915 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1