Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b20c7418eb073b03…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-10-08 21:04:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 1071f22f3a8464cf8a88c3d14f435137 SHA-1: 8fc3c6c61c6aa02ee14cd9502f0c01f963eab5c3 SHA-256: b20c7418eb073b0361023b5b8b0d0cebe138bf74ad18c51bdecb721f85ffe6d2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://casaledellasignora.it/userfiles/files/20231427465.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f72c9c9b4038eb957cd967193ad42c6/lovosutegiwowiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simkoongschool.com/uploads/editer/files/27201847168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpisiluman.com/contents/files/muvuxubogimarup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://selidbe-beograd.info/files/61512823916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retrofitoman.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68273073121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanraimundo.cl/dyn/uploads/file/5400523123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/bekonod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddf88f9be607e6e4aa6e7f4b98062812/49403754300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-journal.com/media/file/wigepomenudugupudofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhuaduongnhapkhauaz.org/upload/files/90829537572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161388e60187f2---46319139320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homelife-superstars.com/image/files/fepumomamalezowixilinuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bcc68908bb---nosemozin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myoffice2561.sesao33.net/UserFiles/File/fetoporinefaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dental-essence.com/admin/userfiles/file/41438973865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-izdaniy.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nulojusepiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pop-around.com/file_media/file_image/file/33910487583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mauchlineware.com/html/chapelstreet/web/userfiles/files/97213210622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/vubusafusemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boekenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/30970269480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://armanetti.com/images/xopawebepufikevasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://360global.ca/userfiles/file/26160777914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615bfb655891c---wesife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega-stainlesssteel.com/uploads/image/files/63773369156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=there+phonetic+transcriptionPDF 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_off0000df6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF6B 22220 bytes
SHA-256: b3aad0487b597a5f99523b8aabb983ed7f99f616d1fdf4c0d39faa4adf331418
font_01_sfnt_off00011877.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11877 10388 bytes
SHA-256: d399e5c8c8a0c5d98ca227b93f5d1480c49403a229b1beb3c9f0ed177777bca0
font_02_sfnt_off00012ff2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FF2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1