Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad20c439a94151c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 06:52:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 22757fe8f749eb182f9d543940e1781b SHA-1: 5b1195b9a7b639dc8a00cb21f845795babff9c20 SHA-256: ad20c439a94151c1054c6fe29ce3d24f22286e26e122837cdafd083f5e356637
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains numerous links, many pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it's designed to lead users to malicious content or further stages of an attack. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a pattern of distributing links across various domains, likely for obfuscation or to evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://iphonerepairservice.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/levuxolevev.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2b57493ef---80451687251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da22fea1e7---25342753220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usmleworkout.com/files/file/tenasiwegazeniwenud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://echipamente-scule.ro/userfiles/file/93850122198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff73e45502d38e935dbf7d9999943510/xexulutedomuzojezir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfeb6d0310f---52485246821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhs1962.com/clients/b/b9/b967f936f519796c2a696a6ed1da67f9/File/88503106066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/404f8ad960c76c607870cc5ea1f198e0/gekawozugamurikik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bc908eb6cc4f96026ebb3b49cdbe6c9/46510322261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/gepafigexel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc0292d101a09e3673670ebda946ce93/93529833728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsydesign.com/userfiles/jws/files/tefoxixamolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd9c3b3f65c---vetijamaruga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8c4533988d---xesufuwikowamilifofub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724823b12d2---84129358024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaonhaccong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/duvesuzovirit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/767c6s5gglpkc6oe9uo9vf3ki2/visuvobeset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://besttailor.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bimebujufir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a622d4ed0d8---sewelitufekib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/15428662702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=constant+need+to+swallow+and+clear+throatPDF 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_off0000f177.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF177 10492 bytes
SHA-256: c8895310fe76060e19bfa0217afeb5629b41983e532390be26f356777751d1aa
font_01_sfnt_off00010961.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10961 16716 bytes
SHA-256: 4ed083a79a0a10d69a0796849d92102776775e7d147ec5cf38cf0230e628bad8
font_02_sfnt_off000134c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134C6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1