Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c20be567b5ab6dc0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-07-18 16:19:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0530167eb96a39f0d6fdbf257d2060ae SHA-1: 8510ff69c70d99ffb60e3a69d3d55334bc066145 SHA-256: c20be567b5ab6dc0da668b4916f7972dd4dab059dba3d7828211b779abc6744f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, many of which are WordPress installations hosting malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to download further malware or engage in phishing activities. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports a malicious purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccc2b368a69---43649413031.pdf
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dseb22gkr1gmrgotcgfm9v0k30/tepumolanupa.pdf
    • http://dalboncostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/zabixiguta.pdf
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df0d439ae0---pijelag.pdf
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78rvqmg8jpsuh6s6n6r0mu18m1/vamazovulinufopepoj.pdf
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/903360e838c4384598a72bda042cf234/12000500130.pdf
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090244e4f209---femuporujodawavokepafusof.pdf
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fb4b8dd3e48b6c831d4bef0be9d8d70/87553952804.pdf
    • https://angel-juicer.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210623_78C3D0B73AD43159.pdf
    • http://revucue.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/safawibaferizavijivifez.pdf
    • http://amsaneeraus.fi/userfiles/files/gejaziwadalatu.pdf
    • https://avistravel.ro/userfiles/file/21058713389.pdf
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5093d8c6e---75543421259.pdf
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f872bcaba5---niromegiwupotaze.pdf
    • http://modnyi-buket.ru/uploads/files/nizagifuvubetusimubasuj.pdf
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/28222722094.pdf
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/klsgbd8um60bue3c3k7hdtss0m/saduzegusorimovozow.pdf
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/12233742315.pdf
    • http://www.clc-engineering.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/rasazoxetuxagaj.pdf
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cpm43bj7uq80l5090hfiaksvjg/vebuzajebutepuremosivode.pdf
    • https://nguoixunghekiev.vn/userfiles/file/xafomakadetuzuruburi.pdf
    • http://budoprojekt.eu/obrazy/file/mizedo.pdf
    • http://budaikepkeret.hu/uploads/file/51918579093.pdf
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb39164fb2---torawofiper.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=computer+studies+exam+questions+and+answers
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d8a1.bin
cbb4ca843c53a1c66304815e134df84a9626354936797a7af2f96dbce5ea7991
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8A1 16388 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010313.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10313 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011b2a.bin
d7a1bb8079d0ad57f45e226918dcd00e96cce94299e2c83f1a2bcdff64d9f249
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B2A 10972 bytes