Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f20e2e477f87196…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:19:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 620f72d932e10147d7ad049f7d8b6620 SHA-1: 43d92793d59f0f5f8d32be07794b70aba60a6584 SHA-256: 8f20e2e477f87196fd4fbefdff232a8447f3c6ea9b355e7240b4be25f3494f2a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting domains, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious document used to redirect users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 http://rydelko.pl/userfiles/file/28016839797.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/situmagabekef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vrieshorst.nl/images/uploads/file/11800620664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turnwealthy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37185914685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160762b52281c3---dabiwulugewizalunipuripi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611580067eed5---larujem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azseal.net/uploads/userfiles/file/tajudibutezazanilejeluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline2.org/contents/files/wuwaxuzit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gcnaura.in/images/uploads/files/vofukaruxotowemunakarosad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yournamebadges.com/withyourdog/cms_uploads/file/valulegopelimukemibed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f97b52c57f4---pufutasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vzglavniki.net/data/file/fimofenufopuxukadij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leuphuotcamap.com/uploads/image/files/52702598928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6545f6accc---voriwesegusegajukemalowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca2if4p7l7r4eofs0gfics51c9/59047243497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jo57qbfmvb5mcb7qgncue9lt06/luguvamenojodekovuxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160960ac6e7bc4---91390479753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geobrofab.com/clients/d/da/da7cd3953015cd63472398095fc1fcdd/File/zavuwepagevuzugetedow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grotech.in/userfiles/file/satiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da423f045bf---84435537592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ughhj35hv4n84rt3cg1ohvbo9a/16841437270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlspandoek.nl/userfiles/file/mogiwosaxisemidajidikefun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transchem-tech.com/Uploadfiles/files/11160205026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5d4cddadd58501617dfe022f5808544/sumenofuputa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=world+automobile+dayPDF 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_off0000ed77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED77 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001058e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1058E 10484 bytes
SHA-256: ed8baf78810c3878a0062d915a68e62b7d931f872d2439440804629565596675
font_02_sfnt_off00011d5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D5E 18184 bytes
SHA-256: 93f54f2b5a9a30c8c28ade5d9097a860b663138878938f8858cc50461404094a