Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b20ec73ca2ba5e37…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:36:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: da7d639664af0eb3454abad996750f14 SHA-1: cba69eb4a0136bd0bd4e98abc08e9b690b8decc3 SHA-256: b20ec73ca2ba5e3756364987e17ccf8d7e463c113cc6bbe7e5b69012d08e43fa
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier strongly identified this PDF as malicious, and the presence of multiple PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports its malicious intent. The primary goal appears to be luring users to external sites, likely for further exploitation or phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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 http://divorcefinance.nl/uploads//file/pakivofenotu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/texazunowadegelez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da8bcca432a---zunatewafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adb4891018c---91769531115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ccb895186---lunetuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilliantsolarpaneling.com/userfiles/file/wawemeduwab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f527e2ee5d6---sibuxavitotetokugowaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faw-asia.com/image/upload/files/83189907550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4435c05403---pidiwirexatebawilab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e26435404c870c0d15e8a846e0c6088/6879631978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://client-sms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jataj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accomplishtheimpossible.com/userfiles_ati/file/5433256564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.knickmeier.net/images/pageimg/file/54249647367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gucaoyun.com/uploads/file/101551094255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acetechnology.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eppb65lkfv27u01l5m6sv9qoau/23078212292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a41c84ed3542947f384d3454eec617ff/23935827974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://residenciasanamaro.es/userfiles/files/18842904026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094babc21e86---7170383851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d22eed6d52b64d29982e11a5995047d/vunigazowam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac2791581fa---35099235967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.net/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/18085313946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9bfa2fd0d1ccd54cfe00d0768381264/makigafevunosefuman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pahsclassof2005.com/clients/d/d6/d61c4c031b0f3af13d3e88110ef3a3e1/File/13404800802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/mupoxitinuladojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b341cce9f2---japerenewobodatatujame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=partituras+de+banda+marcial+pdfPDF 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_off0000c109.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC109 17580 bytes
SHA-256: c6183f003d76569516345c5f4d461b4bc717410bf7b41d19e12695082d4c3774
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE17 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001062e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1062E 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 60d3e03e831045f54700d5b17f26fc2321dd5333e6b8f13f2246d30d0ced77a3