Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 220fbc83900acf17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-10-09 08:15:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 79ec9a9d612d5ea0665e576d1f774eed SHA-1: a4285ebb04d9b7223123d0207570765127d6f977 SHA-256: 220fbc83900acf17d3d4d34417610358282e1716abd75397104667c3f2979357
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+printable+daffodil+coloring+pages PDF link annotation
    • https://alrukn.co/userfiles/files/jaranoxedelukivoxulit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.leasing.net.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63335553776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qhchemicalsfeed.com/upload/files/lovotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smingames.com/ckfinder/files/15145276098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alves.bg/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8230879256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarybrescello.it/userfiles/files/mewutasemagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galsabino.it/userfiles/files/fakavoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xtremefitksa.xbodyksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jorivin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moretonassets.net/userfiles/2678982402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pmapmc.com/userfiles/image/files/62779413635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ei-windykacja.pl/upload/file/gipetisavok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chineseclothingonline.com/File/91814772886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interroadholland.nl/userfiles/file/nabofivigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ef9051bd63---jumububafetilako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commsoft.nu/demo/ktb/wsmbilder/files/67820416123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glavis.biz/userfiles/file/53025781259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jecoexports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruzanaref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aguejfegacgj0ad.xn--p1ai/pict/file/vukifosadubijuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c-amc.com/upload/files/tavemigejasorawomaluzakav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615e1a0c805b1---58899086299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o43gtq69dng59du8s0v5damod1/54102164628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onsijsselstein.nl/userfiles/files/subatesirawomibapud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615c4e492d588---51617278184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banner-ever.com/ckImg/files/58775759233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmkms.net/upfile_editor/2021/files/lamovuboteromerefu.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_off0000b041.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB041 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c858.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC858 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 12496730abd5d91e261126d18ac5c8bf02305f9079ee50e59d353c788baa5c2e
font_02_sfnt_off0000e13c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE13C 14672 bytes
SHA-256: 2eb842c8a65c98586c91d1d9381c488e21ec2a7bfba067a7ffcd9f2f6341b56a

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