Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 220d1e8c4d7876f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-14 10:19:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c55685e9622ba84e15cfc6e427754236 SHA-1: a63caa3f1558628bd39a742f58302eb6fd106343 SHA-256: 220d1e8c4d7876f1c912a7b791bd8b22a9f761d944bdb42f4e491a3c9e234dba
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7626ce5f9bafd1b17c13a6b67a04ec5/xigalin.pdf
    • http://grupopiscis.com/upload/files/juxusaloxil.pdf
    • https://textolinguisticsolutions.com/upload/editor/file/10967621847.pdf
    • http://www.smartlandgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53888596132.pdf
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12f074cc49949409d78a01795fbb3e6e/foxep.pdf
    • https://doxity.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57216529194.pdf
    • http://www.lovebliss.tw/UserFiles/files/97321228856.pdf
    • http://www.saaegfpolis.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49840604478.pdf
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613211ff70260---46368917550.pdf
    • https://simondaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3554755556.pdf
    • http://www.vikingmaterials.com/img/388711402.pdf
    • https://ienter.bg/files/60869734164.pdf
    • https://onecre.com/images/content/files/sebagoz.pdf
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a37e03bb7a---93780648776.pdf
    • http://realcomfort.ru/content/upload/file/faganujezegonub.pdf
    • http://becucci.it/userfiles/files/xazoradovevazuba.pdf
    • http://mnarch.it/userfiles/files/91203060214.pdf
    • http://jmk.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pimowefarotidogerofadaja.pdf
    • https://maftplayer.net/calisma2/files/uploads/32864850875.pdf
    • http://sungwoo-n.com/userfiles/file/demexuloforedawuxawobasi.pdf
    • http://gcsiva.com/files/userfiles/file/lemumudoredutejewakijab.pdf
    • https://wildarium.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/643819112.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=transfer+file+from+phone+to+computer
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d2d6.bin
25191a4bdd07bd20022a3d0b0bb765ac07d1cdff18408cf57f0eb224e6219353
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2D6 16956 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000feb8.bin
0e5fc5dc6d0a2ad1e86ef6ea9eb8b6e1d8e3f006bd04dd4415263691ec05cb0b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEB8 10808 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011771.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11771 16792 bytes