Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20f2002211cd065b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 01:54:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 957102d5b61392769db9bc2e3e543e00 SHA-1: 730e22c324ff87c49b947bd63e60ac4b52613ea6 SHA-256: 20f2002211cd065b26f65f0be76843f7cd2d9ea63a3744a02b4e8aa8a58c19b0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or are structured as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=aisi+cold+formed+steel+design+manual+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://grubstreet.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jipurazafaxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quiltingacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/65365088375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hitourkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210713_BED6E875BEB194E2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b86d372b519---doloze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupopiscis.com/upload/files/jibakepumedajomeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cobansut.com/userfiles/file/59298352556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://systematix.pl/userfiles/file/59808807385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ckrestaurantgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gubomupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/28156108753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa7c7c8ee007452568a4993568246208/99097239129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bwawarszawa.pl/upload/file/69870762412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082d22e5459a---13938898429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44331032701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jpt02u158fmrpockv4cscibck5/dejefagorolerufukojurop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladulceseguros.ar/noticias/fckeditor/file/pijuxemumeturuwabavef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nissanzorba.ro/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29579966068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ip-kamera-rendszer.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xelufododumap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamxmpharmatech.com/upload/files/fagidolukunomejiguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/020815157944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1960whs.com/clients/7/73/73384dfd0d582a2861cf356c55c3c578/File/gezanasetiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ringid.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sakapatalepaxawiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5f3057c8374f812918698b1786b76bb/15262056957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/727eaa7fa9697443a6e35153e05fbf2c/wezivuperobanobab.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_off0000c179.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC179 16860 bytes
SHA-256: 6509f9f38125c9b5e34596246f6d6e7d162c7dea9db7ade50ac5b72a33db5411
font_01_sfnt_off0000eca7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECA7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000104be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104BE 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 6e13f80f34c3cfb4a789980bef7e8d2edd5f766de6db551648fe8f962cb78abf