Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20e477eed28d1e15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-08-02 12:59:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 93a464e1fd84a82049364ae322a8e296 SHA-1: 9338e5b7971827ddd2f85d698fb0327f7fa9221b SHA-256: 20e477eed28d1e159a34328ad00d01f636ffda2c8f36881438efac3292a8a9df
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=solving+quadratic+equations+by+factoring+worksheet+with+answers+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ntrqun1b3rr0ma96pob6t4dqo7/piretenomikafagoxudugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16188518671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021071002125818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6098940c548a35c1e4ae0fd3d4a3cd5/retunojagusenewogot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornerstonelaw.eu/userfiles//file/zonabagezarebuzekewere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/15643438872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/npbhu5fenc45g2sjqgue2shhp6/falaboka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsons.eu/files/file/80141606625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/zovat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d05ff391bb---57714735552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h5u519m76enlm2pl948his8d8v/dapejadewigurenuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa0hd7k2dl9fordc0tm0sbit3e/16993048710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5680c2f01d---34473978820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wahiclassof69.com/clients/874294/File/sefanumusisesimazimola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728013d9c5e---97641313675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquamedia.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28814384696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/gizamujukarul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://color-gateway.com/userfiles/file/luxejajagipukosogipedif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v6s27s9j1ln6icmse85h8ep2ae/12024169818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatudongnhatrang.com/uploads/files/pajisenizipikiguxuxafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95bdf83740cb18adbba64d0901e0b4c9/giniwizosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f4fda5c106---44924726382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cfbc2c75b450419ac6c3131ce19d275/mexetunikon.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_off0000fc60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC60 17328 bytes
SHA-256: b03e2222a517c7228fbb38d9114f164225a5d415dae70e0c198ca284e3454fd1
font_01_sfnt_off000129d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129D3 11716 bytes
SHA-256: 9e7b73406fb63a68e925e11ceb89ddc0bf672be98670f3c5247cc9f5af601744
font_02_sfnt_off00014514.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14514 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1