Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20e67bf716059849…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-20 19:07:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 3c39ad12b59f392116d267c5f4113ea5 SHA-1: ec7aacc9baf5c42a0b4eaa8ab692586bc558f4c3 SHA-256: 20e67bf716059849e9399fe832de41b4721cbfbcf96c2f45c7f291d644270bdd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and it contains embedded JavaScript. It also features a link farm with multiple external URIs, including one pointing to a compromised WordPress upload directory, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content or phishing sites. The presence of JavaScript indicates an intent to execute code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=keyboard+suggestions+disappeared+android PDF link annotation
    • https://mantyobras.com/userfiles/file/zufoxofiserapotogosezug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luatsubienhoa.com/upload/ck/files/35366240536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplorium.su/userfiles/file/82536272896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoadondientu-ptp.vn/images/ckeditor/files/xixinepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/zulifusafabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cortopolis.ar/userfiles/file/ronewadijezimuvalaxufimet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotofolliasanlazzaro.it/userfiles/files/narutibajosenisofeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topup-fight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dilixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614763c835ec0---xadesukelinezesedumok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://docando.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17600952424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ochronaskory.pl/pliki_user/File/teririsasolidozesulub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vientangluc.com/upload/files/97144363355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kirmatas.com/userfiles/file/82030315841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bda.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77274688874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140540d35281---15054331771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antonioruizabogados.es/userfiles/file/98812676597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136b6b6c87ba---biwororeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e78e87cd51c8bb595681531517216724/16047934171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/76264732836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wowbond.com/upload/Fckeditor/file/lideza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupa-energia.pl/attachments/file/13712360988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613067f464f54---76618292732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenboo.vn/uploads/files/pubofefaxovasesimuwufegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actinq.nl/upload/file/48748829863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomaszskiba.com/userfiles/file/3552089193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161398bda7a92c---80645840208.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_off0000db48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB48 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 99a3c9339f91a1c856cd50c034583722e67178b8064c8de8c616a8396a4853dc
font_01_sfnt_off0000f418.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF418 17348 bytes
SHA-256: 51883adf171da19aa19134e03325c136377f798c569e2326f30517fd139c2ac0
font_02_sfnt_off0001212f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1212F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1