Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 620b3c6610f3ebec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-08-17 06:56:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 09f0dbba4422d69c46de3ebe7ba119ea SHA-1: 4bec998086cfbf69d4028245f0eb6e4bee133b28 SHA-256: 620b3c6610f3ebec21bbd0b4f08122393cdced1b65a9fbeaf27eeaf1aab61b4d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning model as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or redirection mechanism. The primary goal appears to be directing users to malicious content hosted on these external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://vinacomvietnam.vn/uploads/news_file/63961951513.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o5v8ctbkqlfpdvkpusohkffnt7/jajirifola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giriconsultancy.com/content_files/files/25899417941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71ec614b8f5a0cc5929e7d3e37034120/repolepejirejuluxogevoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8baa686dfbe597796aaa8e5af832184c/mokinudimilovonitusemad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fratellilongoni.com/userfiles/files/vaxaxikixolatozuzop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/77816956894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billsky.ee/files/file/pabeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bb1686bd42---58532443736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1f97cbbacd---buxabalesabazedadoven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniradioweb.info/userfiles/files/22454600241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db97b1941c5---naxagok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h49al33a2zdp0eo1x.com/DATA/file/20210517085928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gyandeepjkss.org/userfiles/file/26129250818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c77dfa6914b---bumibexumoleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a97e1306988---16224244860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettyloupaints.com/userfiles/files/11490452830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stin-verdon.fr/assets/Image//files/28232863944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93f1675c567f4e92e9a1c7b83076514c/97347896829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/zekikexebewubin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cctsjwhs.com/clients/0/08/08395bc9c2b8280888f0dabd04457394/File/31005284031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819d64b648f---ritovar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dxqzx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210728_100433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progettarecasa.com/userfiles/files/demuvulipaselojodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32lbf7tn6o93mja3i352rjt9d0/mezufaduvaxabaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=literary+devices+in+i+hear+america+singingPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000de4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE4E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f660.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF660 16252 bytes
SHA-256: a10c8fa25da5200a85c7ead750f0293273fb6cffc633e1bc4a309684fc57d1f2
font_02_sfnt_off0001201a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1201A 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 8ee086b1b606980dbeceee9b54b57c99dde5551f78dfbddbd930833e3e122768
font_03_sfnt_off0001388a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1388A 16144 bytes
SHA-256: fcca37035df06e555c2991ff65faa0e8497ca6423bee408ebc46b3aef925b516