Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a20d783ca3b03d08…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 09:54:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 562de36f0c21b89749224e067c7c513a SHA-1: 50fcd97f9b20531d5c11900571bef9e0fbe4113a SHA-256: a20d783ca3b03d08176c8ab99faf9556e4628ca280e932c59cb95a4b530428cb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hippie+paulo+coelho+libro+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://warsztatgdynia.pl/app/webroot/media/files/mojobowejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d560f333c---66212020561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/35669666364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eoccn68mo6as75ht7in03ak914/53487598912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca1372ea3cb---8846684789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alarisusallc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56cb8a16765ccccfb77a5f73978c981b/1373927129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161194aceb20b7---41074716921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d17707277cfcd45fdaf7d3956badfe65/tavagugawuvub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26e8ba0d9ae12ce8803b45be3ee00982/babesonas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o9iur4d5ejfggiro81chhq6p2g/dorekebowubava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://somsit.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54038054553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.biz/files/file/muvasekenuzorinojez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://senn1962reunion.com/clients/2/2f/2fc2c703930c5c120d54ce0350dd22c7/File/foxibobol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dispensapertutti.com/userfiles/files/41657153670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/388b76e78a2f042ff5439a55a9aa1c3a/8710518192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mppscstudy.com/admin/usercontent/file/18072529409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608549d706585---jiwebizimomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musikpark-live.de/userfiles/file/89897753175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nanyangtextile.com/userfiles/file/zolopifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/20210816/21081610334634413029yrgxcu07st.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca332e269b8---54156149456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linardi.ru/files/file/63098758070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad95a02a710---69101563251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salon-urody-bellis.pl/images/file/31807822635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c80c80jge1uk9oi3fq2c4dsmbc/21667844119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f744fac3471---84038364808.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_off0000d08b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD08B 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 3a3373cea3c3520138b6d7968f317ef52f52ca94aca655e1cdae9479dde600da
font_01_sfnt_off0000e876.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE876 18576 bytes
SHA-256: 4918c5ddda851a936dd0e34ee98ef5bd634a31ebd3b13ca01253dd5fca7b8cbb
font_02_sfnt_off00011936.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11936 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1