Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20e6ef66ee6945f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-08-08 08:48:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 663636bc2dffe29d56a6db2578950d60 SHA-1: 2637dc1915bf9c92e03ba3bb9f9afe257dd504ad SHA-256: 20e6ef66ee6945f4f386aeb66a0db77cc728b9da7b379280036a282ab60da4f1
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting suggests the document is designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON' further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=edexcel+gcse+physics+student+book+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210505224042988748g6l8hi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/505da8aa6409694c707f755caa8dfb3d/12412687275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/71743522196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b00b8b05f9e---dobugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezmisszio.eu/files/file/37533983637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immodraft.nrw/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/nilimoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0b58ea61f452e80257dc991c0b00343/21375526966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laughteronlineuniversity.com/images/upload/files/vusibinonezamowexufivor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/lexiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/272mru7ehedkepmeis4oii2ps7/pimepuwez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084304ba1a72---fezaravereludude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maszyny.pl/userfiles/file/14004468693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckrestaurantgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4949961457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e55cc1bdd5a---15441166132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63n3j6gqdf9sbfn3psrge9q3i0/82588921833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://la-klamm.org/userfiles/file/68254010106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmaicharmingtravel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xinadagujama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prodomasa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56537180170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e8be9a27e---xavudubofesefaluvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51cdba48413044cb9a84dbbc27d2d0c7/25918754355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/soxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081dfe7040a9---debasilawete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/widunixuxekumavokuparavaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compufoxmail.com/userfiles/file/morolizilobapepap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/60105162384.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_off0000fdce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDCE 11408 bytes
SHA-256: 6e368a83e70322791183f2ace130142a1fc7ecc2910dab5616b0adef4d16dece
font_01_sfnt_off00011850.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11850 18316 bytes
SHA-256: 20ff633020a661b38a03df9e06c184a6d4bbf515adbaf825d1781c3c6772b135
font_02_sfnt_off00014915.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14915 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1