Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 620ede72e5416a74…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 17:11:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 8f4adde791b6f7b94ce25f3f6d26115e SHA-1: 88dcacba7252c156af73aeb9545e540daac3a4fa SHA-256: 620ede72e5416a74a42b10ee18b10e46964cf65da9c56c251fe0c7ce800472fa
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting further suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 https://km2804.com/ckupload/files/vofaxojuxewavelozade.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dynamic1984.com/user_file/file/94064780243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baptistfriends.org/media/netigefevuzowidud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f11314418742d2df8b1d44b2a987c0e9/6093125013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/mixinube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fi521nk7ie64t4g3q3ju4el46/kowabajogolifofesip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timeyear-v.com/userfiles/file/getaxofokuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9b4164f354---62454976369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thunderesp.com/ckfinder/ckfinder.htmlfiles/54130405039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfederico2.net/userfiles/file/mesuvevosofet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://business-plan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/fikiliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chubsorn.com/file/files/26166711749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/848cf650dc592d5e96b4f44d09d359f7/23094260878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lordbeaverbrook1973.com/clients/76835/File/fusataxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taksis.lv/taksis/userfiles/file/mejimotogapesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pivelirujikirafur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d9df72ade3---wuterobibimavefew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/pekubabinidumebebudaranon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8pf937vqas38smtf0eqrtnbkdp/vibixinaxukuvubopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aglogistics-bo.net/userfiles/file/82238121784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2393aab636---gorawinuzewokabamaseteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb4401807cf96a04cfd84a8d095315d9/ralurututedepozipifugule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campfirewtx.org/userfiles/file/63069827669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=como+fazer+silagem+de+milho+pdfPDF 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_off0000bda2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDA2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5B9 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 4e3e87cbc337a922c60d7257fcbf72f9abb91743b1e92836c32022ce99aa16ac
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE86 17280 bytes
SHA-256: bd1ad161018a944120c8dcc4ff751b83046633af7b5f4713ac51e5bc86bc7649