Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a20f11617167eab3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 01:30:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: aa520b811867ec412a08b6f0936f6ae0 SHA-1: 52ef670137fccd00953e8b589abb54bf38c3eef5 SHA-256: a20f11617167eab3803f21f5657f97f5f3df7e6b03ab4f0856c4d7d49cd9bd57
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URLs, many hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dwadash+jyotirlinga+stotram+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://curewelldiabetes.com/userfiles/file/narulotejetozevulofibab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesrealsense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gexejudakadaxipibovosok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aircond.md/upload_fck/file/16166925898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qunjl.com/userfiles/files/52251946127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjjiffy.com/upload/tapefelakigap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac1a5da746c---kogor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b070e3cde644f5de722e544ffae05cd/74645457393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thallo-food.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ripofozulajowive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-fryazino.ru/upload_picture/file/68886453820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphaconsultinggroup.us/vpw/images/file/69443825920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immobilgold.com/file/58937413966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lighthouse-connection.at/myPix/file/febosasokowixunulodego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshuka.ps/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tozelom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dfb52d0074---86635125630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087df1e2d4dd---xepaxovoveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laatjehuisweerstralen.nl/upload/file/ruzetenubewunesope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imotrading.com/images/userfiles/kojobomofovufoxijakida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-barrierfree.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210830_B0DDE596D4F8978C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c02251ad5f5---74388757875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verduciautodemolizioni.it/userfiles/file/75636247694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11bbd42d8e6772999a51839db2d72c72/begijukelobenanosekad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnysolutions.it/uploads/assets/file/50909374709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc5dc30c709---49026917863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o4da2rdjnhr3bsl2naliafojig/suvujupaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/56842836854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6hsloakgtfepb3or8k9hq0ekqn/3116225872.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_off0000be53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE53 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d665.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD665 17376 bytes
SHA-256: a31f72a5585925133ad5c4cd167f1553ff2b07b4e0dd62d59ade60fe65f98187
font_02_sfnt_off00010266.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10266 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 6f11053a7b872687c7bf94a1d6e35ba70fa24b513b2d0f6061a0d5dffca60c3f