Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a20df5605125d32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-09-18 00:11:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 006be7a8e23f15f5d34e8ca8114b4d5d SHA-1: 2f8abaf29464c2a07119c5bf36aa172293be5e34 SHA-256: 4a20df5605125d32065bfd4753c0382d99dcdcb3bd11d378d445a70d9f12f183
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://jungvassar.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/popegaduxudimurumesimap.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://comlark.ru/userfiles/files/mowexogutig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beldapromosyon.com/calisma2/files/uploads/42270791315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://henseltech.cz/userfiles/file/3121948717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d8a67472ef---61630514540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wujipacking.tw/upload/files/36209281421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keiba-like.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48170150489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/76707870829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duproject.com/uploadEditor/files/71484901956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enilubricant.hoakhanh.vn/uploads/image/files/99107796490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cyberbirddog.com/userfiles/files/21497473563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fc3a4e407507ae80be82c8e21422f6f/99548023918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161300a4b54396---72083091096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.udelimpa.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82544005089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptindia.com/newsimages/file///xorawafaroxejukejulowum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logistra.fr/ressource/site-image/files/50185939337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomistretta.com/userfiles/files/jorax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alessandrobelleseveterinario.eu/userfiles/files/wilesobenevevevosokav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaukiaplinka.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96359820791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--or3bi2da319p.com/upload/fckeditor/file/lijoxode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanillasky-ch.com/images/files/37947780401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lighthouse-connection.at/myPix/file/29540120556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinivetmadonnadirosa.eu/userfiles/files/21359724054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91070337294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://master-sign.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kesojurojomupezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=apk+iptv+smartPDF 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_off0000f18b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF18B 10152 bytes
SHA-256: cce5633b090435e3effb2cd38701fe3e444046cc74035a81bd0bc65c04409e7b
font_01_sfnt_off0001084a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1084A 18544 bytes
SHA-256: cefde0e4bf15cb8ee56c84fbd2bfd600e9af3bfca49c29557e483f37e1b78a7c
font_02_sfnt_off000138c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1