Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20e779a5dba9cb22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 02:47:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 11ab39cf5aeb956415acc989f2017523 SHA-1: b859561f77d4938cecf1e49e85ac752de4e2a5dd SHA-256: 20e779a5dba9cb22c190ee0c9840349c927937bf7b8bc9e96bc2d16d2fc0268f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The PDF structure and embedded content are consistent with attempts to redirect users to malicious sites, potentially for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=business+law+in+hong+kong+5th+edition PDF link annotation
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4440dc9702ddf93f33dce8a3236548ac/5661549610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/38186610425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f9i9sbqut1p7tas7av3g67f05/56844470147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46ff8074e4f3cc67f3610948bde8e11a/nozufamuvugexogore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a92799e67b---8705803435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/itu5cu3hji67j61lf0gc4pfm2o/20036094025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canionglobal.com/FCKeditor/file/56536485443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc1b182c5a9---kulesonebonunijovugowaxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608635b9de5a1---82100926098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chingyi.tw/userfiles/files/nawiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hcvitamin.com/webroot/img/files/mikefejeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4f7ldda1n3d9ktn1rthd3fjt2/90059695512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0604451671---97759507467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cochleartudaskozpont.hufiles/31672993177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gea99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22176276707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160920feb7df5f---bijukafuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/2161894553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c84efbd7b0a---tusowevonet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/jumexotenelexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/nebegumapusokozomidiwuzuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btsmstlucia.com/atomicsteps/upload/userfiles/file/gugabirajesomusij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8f855b356---74134726955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finproekt-msk.ru/userfiles/file/nuluganizowusigotari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b4668e7729---gomuvitinosasufotovevamup.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_off0000eef6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEF6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001070d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1070D 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 2f8aa7dff3b354d4a7668279b589e2ac87514d394b53fd253658f657af98804e
font_02_sfnt_off00012021.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12021 17664 bytes
SHA-256: 9a305c20eab99d72a03146611f7ae72188da0561fd7b82b1200ff18ba7888ed2