Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20c8eb46c1c38416…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:01:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 68a75bcd3bb2ae89a89c1cdbeb8e79ba SHA-1: d454e1f08060573a921ebb5d886a4eb07cb248d9 SHA-256: 20c8eb46c1c3841650cb7ecdc09fce0e26758963291feb706516366aedb0a759
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous external URIs, many pointing to unknown or potentially compromised hosts. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure suggests it's designed to lure users into clicking links that lead to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/85671761080.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://0800-707-808.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210819150746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xycrusher.com/d/files/45384775310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theemasternetworker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gasuwolex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q562b8jv6fhmjhhm496qt64op8/lemesurati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/zagizovadewiluxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace6aeaaec0---11468527721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biogreeno.com/cms/ckfinder/userfiles/files/miditulixutimugorizelevat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actybrain-consult.com/Upload/files/bidazeguzuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092864be7da5---zujojod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082113c72562---59021208156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc020.com/userfiles/file/20210701015230_jsm2tm.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansensvenner.dk/imagesfile///87672786878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b42b89eb8e1d91c830c72f8e599c51b/fabazumopijipux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://preciseenergygroup.com/media/55052671251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071854a3b7f5---jomozosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161239c50139f9---gopurutugob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schodylux.pl/userfiles/file/vunevotegug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02dc62962352f4804021ef91150d3253/tipikanexufalopumuwewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/madokikafowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knowleangling.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23351667097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creptiles.dk/userfiles/file/68670477422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079efcf4ec57---74537111112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e104f26fdf---xifawomuruzenol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a10b724b0b3---mumotevewasanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=basic+computer+engineering+books+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_off0000c78b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC78B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000df9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF9D 16676 bytes
SHA-256: 7b64d66eba6086785c0a4ce5d939c65b05110b4559d945151a21abb62ee93b60
font_02_sfnt_off000109fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109FE 11304 bytes
SHA-256: 38b6707a41c95cb5a47b9e7c537c50a9f7dea91da80be591bc37bccfbb88fb23