Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b20bd0ac7477432e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

110.1 KB Created: 2021-07-04 07:35:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8f61462429ba379ee2799896ad9af1eb SHA-1: b1fec1c4ff58b17b69c44dd00f0b8ead18bf5a7b SHA-256: b20bd0ac7477432ec1d76bcab5de9f34b76136dbe794b5757f8581abf1959278
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97250640a3057c65ac9fe80ae77483d1/sixapevilazox.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://liavanhaeringen.nl/userfiles/files/nufirerile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proxus.nl/file/40624472300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7b18365fbb---wizipojenogejutox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089d782be58f---11357579137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesislighting.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e26e73372fe82491a50449b8c786c501/dasukajusudiwovenejuwovew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f101f13a0c64fd8e53eba7c71829409/99514633312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://langestrand.se/anvandarbilder/204/files/wugavuwitowofesiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stratasphere.online/userfiles/file/rotonanalad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076c5a31347f---69717602012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a688903b360---vofasetagilodevixagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c47d53bf0---91515112944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609808e6914e9---33771752278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d5e4b6f9d5e094928f4f3eaf64708ad/76032223773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://menafundinfo.com/userfiles/file/giwozewedimazumeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5256860d8c9c1b5d9d6d210014c0cea2/43307910185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0aa8c5035---60835700792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magendans.com/imagefiles/file/nijolonexinazowalomosogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dd22099367---30827623721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbc45ca3c1---99751640820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsbcarpet.com/userfiles/file/42403720262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/67795892769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa5237e63ee---29097830906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=prepyloric+erosion+meaningPDF 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_off00014c05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C05 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 0856e9a4a34e90ddf15e24715f4199fa68a9904a8b7cf977ed9253ae6f4f71bc
font_01_sfnt_off000164a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x164A3 17128 bytes
SHA-256: 75224a4c3ebd75b7c6e8ff803d4a0901d3b5d356cca3fbfb960f44ab18d12d11
font_02_sfnt_off00019154.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19154 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1