Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20e36c9799f93f44…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 19:17:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 1403e4e5340373c4645e357106454c20 SHA-1: a58911c27be8a53f3ff3cb409b85025f014a1d58 SHA-256: 20e36c9799f93f449ec09a7e1279c189dd5cd1b7e7cff072588f1fc51c2d855b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=are+mandalas+cultural+appropriation PDF link annotation
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/tawotofozinoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flardochform.se/userfiles/file/bavuwaduvukelokimive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absigorta.com/E/file/45204336736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghaija.com/userfiles/file/vojiwafuminekaxixikoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomorrowhubs.com/upload/users/files/95250842279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yssnewlessons.org/UserFilesTwo/file/18234713419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msnladyboy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/babemexigilonikem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morecoredesign.com/images/imageUps/files/2721930337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.domplit2006.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78016986588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decamiones.com/userfiles/file/41108693161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe583fb9c69d8ea6960e2d894f58ad8d/76828719268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/vozejubotuzivuseramemem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smepil.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/togili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72621e72856859dd24df6067fc207e9e/31249618600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patanamachine.com/imgUpload/files/41478402506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cff4e94596d---mesaribefejeworojupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://granitabrasive.hu/editor_up/tupolejiregutavoxiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonacorsi.it/file/86410470911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a73e4a297ab---51982110973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105d78da9d1b---xidikojit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec2045a0083c7dd809730a71b4bcfd28/71396428835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonwen.org/userfiles/file/24147294824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/pomuvowewuxesasume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a55063237f4---15879368957.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_off0000e5bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5BC 10756 bytes
SHA-256: cc4f68d90d2fc5c6b8fb529d80894da47d55702de1b9713ba0fb7b76ed29638e
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE66 18056 bytes
SHA-256: 3598acd8e68c533a75fe42e8f4510309d1586b9e01ec1974370c4990d616be18
font_02_sfnt_off00012c55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C55 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1