Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20ed2fba46eb6c77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 05:22:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 62b0f1eac05538b207d5ec7e29df20c6 SHA-1: 01b09017e1fc5784a084c704886f12ed758acf97 SHA-256: 20ed2fba46eb6c77491faccd7cf02f40d56fd4aeec65b42a254180fa9e311a64
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which are identified as compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. These links likely serve to obscure the ultimate destination and evade detection, redirecting users to phishing sites or malware downloaders. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://maynenkhipuma.vn/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/vemisuvonenili.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://agama-rc.com/upload/files/37003554183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ghbhn1jau4o5j71kfn2et61o69/kawiworir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savoie-outils-coupants.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27892458818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fetogram.ir/images/upload/files/lenowawabetuwuzawowadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/pefofox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pazzo.jp/js/upload/files/bikexofod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fanghsin.com/uploads/files/202108271023155401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylekd.ru/files/jexosexikulufej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coming-c.com/userfiles/file/93301810043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/71185765530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983f94e2d23---97986951404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--o39a91gvwm83kbsn.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210610_BC216B948D7DD819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/71144779199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59caca31a739c8e2c85249d4ce448791/ratag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalgroup.at/tmp/30964261609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deborahmayerlawoffices.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kavoxabuxifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t4ub8p0eungctk4bk9jk323se6/nirixis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160792c7c14ac9---32339379166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://awkontrakt.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/metilumesusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtoolsrental.com/user_img/files/viruwemijiwawisuxoser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607533691768f---2270396551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-paca.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/23305607283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e5ucgmp9l7q7tuoja6r4qrov0/jodirutetudozifokakox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qcj2gdj12956cjvk93faupojq1/10626510064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b8f3a6ee9---969484753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=mathematics+of+public+key+cryptography+galbraith+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000ce04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE04 11404 bytes
SHA-256: 5d3765ed8523d161869735805f1f5ca278fbd5170eaf9ac9c0a23abff019af30
font_01_sfnt_off0000e886.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE886 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010098.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10098 16668 bytes
SHA-256: bd906691c5f5a96bea8909e7c7dc58562b8702400356d2657f8a8c2f9cb191fd