Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20dc46cb9bce7a33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.9 KB Created: 2021-09-21 18:19:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 602e5e0daf44422f4ba3deb8fef80620 SHA-1: d2f61db5f6447d6588ad0934658e18c3109c6b02 SHA-256: 20dc46cb9bce7a33b1f4c2361e709d07ab4147557ba39ce63a6f7a1085b5b3fd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. Additionally, numerous heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites. These links likely serve as lures for phishing or to download further malicious payloads, aligning with the ClamAV detection of Pdf.Phishing.Trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mobile+legend+themes+for+android PDF link annotation
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143ce3ea4fe6---39309887529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szemvidito.hu/sfwkr/feltoltesek/Images/Image/17895419057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hbphoto.ca/resimler/files/14383471599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a9eee2a9f4---zejezojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-vitrazhi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rufodafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitytradecapital.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muvajubaparexinames.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k9careclinic.in/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jorakatebul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theemasternetworker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75376967281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pics4us.de/userfiles/file/katilonopumetolotov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biharlokmanch.org/userfiles/file/nozuxigibasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportschoolindex.nl/images/uploads/9763175286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2016.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57622445856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verimevzabavu.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6723054869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thewesternmist.com/userfiles/file/64505959714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/671a44b29de7add973142464ef935e12/57918354309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hfbee.tw/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210907065540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotaprius-custom.com/js/upload/files/27842836765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gyndoktors.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fikonugurixofegapaxelorum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mea-travel.pl/userfiles/file/90909099460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://defrokatilai.lt/images/files/45408290968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.my/images/users/00000000/files/92682302045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westpakusa.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/dobarupimidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00010158.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10158 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001196f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1196F 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 436ce09712de9958b0e4c89c4cac2388207f58fa4d915dbb8da4db769f6dcbbd
font_02_sfnt_off00013252.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13252 20588 bytes
SHA-256: 909f949c8f5c97a814690540996a534a0707f7710ae128cffec32f68650146f3