Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20e08a13bf67823a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.4 KB Created: 2021-08-17 16:41:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 50ea03eebe6929a5e70bc1b4a392fa84 SHA-1: 4f47dedaaf9599de7ccfba0596e1920e81cdbaeb SHA-256: 20e08a13bf67823a047e9221d81ed1f72d356e434c592f921c5ac5b2d6757129
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains a large number of embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of these links strongly indicates an attempt to facilitate phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9931

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=adjetivos+comparativos+y+superlativos+en+espa%C3%B1ol+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://safeabortionnepal.com/userfiles/file/49550626668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuaphatlaihoanghuy.com/uploads/files/tosuxibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ultraljud.nu/bild/files/gomesadiresezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgyscom.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-21/20210721184600748064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vixikigiduwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etkindenetim.com/resimler/files/22625377602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/523b5852bf4f42e0f3416c1f5c0d44f2/lokogoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdbim.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/10059692009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldwidefilipinoalliance.com/uploadedFiles/files/98950151770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/vogugasunebotevufizujuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b503096ffd25c19d155803534ada2648/xodiduvotunusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7gm0qj970qhr3u7bkdnne5a8b/1893824655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79aa00c4fc---55889252347.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f446f308206c3b280edddea3ea29f25f/61716064966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accidentmatters.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30707701083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreanhotpot.com/uploads/files/97271676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36605b1f6e6b9f556e89d61ef49ecbd8/96178403100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bccfe189c8---naxukovesosafot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ed93b94960---92316565847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinireedcorp.com/userfiles/files/nopugemuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europartner2.pl/uploads/50080970844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608667d434175---43134087601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avvocatoboretti.it/file/senugobidukudotifelil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-19/20210619113200114997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de8f9a2b08e---gakiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blpest.com/UserFiles/file/95845026354.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_off0001369a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1369A 18412 bytes
SHA-256: a23fbb278fd03f468e015f3e4b63aff371c1a7c4f0ca30bbc12d17552604fa53
font_01_sfnt_off000165f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x165F0 11380 bytes
SHA-256: 973bb3f8d39bbfd633f2a289ef1421595e85135d17350c119346e20ab222dea4
font_02_sfnt_off00018087.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18087 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1