Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20d70f642c7e811e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 01:15:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 44277a6b7a5005576c3624697b2c5441 SHA-1: eb6512653d1ccdf365812756eda7a7d76921c2f7 SHA-256: 20d70f642c7e811e1a2d22d5b226610849ae1cf94524968312b0cbe80f24cab5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malicious redirection attempt. Heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest this. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious nature of the file, likely serving as a lure to phishing sites.

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://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab65218c803---tavoxutilojitot.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wickedcheesy.com/images/file/kenolabewiser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a73c8c80be381af3e3d350095e52187/18108032398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokeocncafe.com/uploads/files/80122211838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982a31ee222---wabotifovavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferdavagnar.is/images/fck/file/nulipaluxudidejewuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/zumotopabuwipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creteotels.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/27325149882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radioevangilereal.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/monuketizolazawawutorubas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hexema.com/FCKeditor/file/zenaxuvoduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://33mobility.net/uploads/files/xawazipufufugufagugazerip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/relipekaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/wuxogabagejufiwijexoxeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161128335af8b6---64289091831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomaszskiba.com/userfiles/file/40132946217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitolmetrophysicaltherapy.com/files/files/tawunexidixizipar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fbc831bfe2---30747236131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoodwierty.pl/files/file/mimudezazumireno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/mojumelirobogobito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c8d36a1e22---58579587183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgenship.net/upload/file/20210529162227485018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wpscrm.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/45987809224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/14599623028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vallovin.it/userfiles/files/dasidor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oishisushigd.com/uploads/files/musijesivewelovibisef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=que+es+el+protocolo+http+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_off0000f302.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF302 19980 bytes
SHA-256: bad0155198ecfe1bd60ba6157e0184b99d20b3d210c5f29f69aba0d80fa1f2f3
font_01_sfnt_off0001263c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1263C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013e53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E53 10516 bytes
SHA-256: 915856495b1ef7954385468ecea9ee45bc56f801902a8fd349bd6b3facdfe5b4