Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c20570e390fa152e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:23:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: df07c35422cd0f4d8b38c88927c718a0 SHA-1: a545fcdaf9628cead58c3eefa6baca8c81b7c214 SHA-256: c20570e390fa152e28248e2147b764aff00e6c33fe232994b48daa069020b3b6
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing a large number of external links, many pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the heuristic firings suggest the PDF is designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/81746981811.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cafesezony.ru/fck_editor_files/files/jijenemenuviberubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/53669769989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b86482d7019---sawukalexaxukon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bishopsalamatkhokhar.org/userfiles/file/dobewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinex-auto.com/userfiles/file/dixamupuwedesivuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4883a99c1a---40545244679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maviet.vn/upload/files/45053673324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://157.230.241.115/image/upload/File/nexazegizofigasaju.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161320c48b497f---fusutudiwomenobefuxogatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iword.de/userfiles/file/54956198026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a528b62075---sujasige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/9665478940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hhs63.org/clients/8/88/88ec95b665b56da82b1de85f097fba10/File/nigodakujuxurujupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fly.no1-yes.com/userfiles/file/17406509987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liga-stf.ru/i/upload/files/97496635795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgicorp.com/userfiles/files/76847389365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kq5sq85q7lgv4kt1mbak38rfue/41444881813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appartenvue.net/appart/upload/images/84984187015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--espaoldetalca-lkb.cl/var/www/html/upload/file/gulenerifawekofad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brucemaymemorialgolftournament.com/clients/d/d2/d245e0393a5bbb16d67b82808c007790/File/gesajeguwarufalelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wroclawmodelshow.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rusazadizenerofimexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b08ee34ac---rumipax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=epoch+2+microplate+reader+manualPDF 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_off0000c0ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0CE 10816 bytes
SHA-256: bb343bcb3b9df5b9df8693e13b87690a0e47f67d58de362c53f14013d9fbb286
font_01_sfnt_off0000d985.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD985 17392 bytes
SHA-256: 4ae3b55db6059833eaa255635ec072f91c0a3c98af83e9cb879a943d6a5f8a5f
font_02_sfnt_off00010662.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10662 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1