Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a20bb2f3bc8254a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-08-21 07:52:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c37b3efe6c73c5337094e8e8d8c9b659 SHA-1: 8fdb064d8cc54774a29c2be324c0b99b58b6caec SHA-256: 5a20bb2f3bc8254a24f14c2731e47580a5b8598a5c90ce110a7222619d620dfd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161196aea116d7---81778624587.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/lamokubobegivujopiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-cell.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46310025260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lrsdev.com/userfiles/file/lokewunaxidezuvexelisabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prokoncept.hu/admin/blogfck/image/file/63490058126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a637a7088---56013412928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phdpecs.hu/userfiles/files/zuposopafaremebanibuvup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iqmuseum.mn/uploads/files/titogewaluruxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608087105af9b---tekisukalekubuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northwoodmedical.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08dmeqp4jam472kng93ebjnbdm/20296358612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web-news.eu/www/pkpar/userfiles/file/70733417003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/22494742275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105e1b551ef5---28257868926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f25ac8f5d79dc9a4856d66467d4e687a/33737004530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.binghan.my/userfiles/file/17927267537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c95f6e312a9---fiwunowebufobivemogur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dmgjmdra4gjdbkvt90e214itml/88356344699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2a85e661e16bc8b42407b97ffd6147c/mukekebadowax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurtoglumob.com/upload/file/lunevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30a41c002c4d5e3e3c0970973acea5ed/dolewuvejomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.info/contents//files/18670339694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7849e577ea0080bd605708b04e360a7/nexojotelin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=let+us+c+solutions+16th+edition+pdf+free+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cda0afa0b3f1c2433f5d4673f8a1851e/rijopatisurabaxu.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_off0000c964.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC964 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e176.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE176 16720 bytes
SHA-256: 90fa100269dcaa3b220f0794793419115e0d08713b9f05dcaff483f33fe08ea3
font_02_sfnt_off00010cc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CC0 11080 bytes
SHA-256: 6f3645f6533b748e2a7c1259b000af00a9646cae01639711a7be8e7df7af1860