Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c20fb06b73382a34…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.2 KB Created: 2021-07-14 02:36:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 92cc33c581e07e30695df8b83e883b73 SHA-1: 6d15a93633f22f2185dd26a0bc2fab0b4e0205fd SHA-256: c20fb06b73382a347f6187355a5f03feb06f217a62a1aa39ede90dccfb0c3dfb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ab42b971e4---73844717397.pdf
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c80a661ba2---39230285961.pdf
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160872a6675a1d---90974256177.pdf
    • http://fillaracingacademy.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rekufugid.pdf
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085093a127e3---44996476409.pdf
    • https://dacinsara.ro/fckfiles/file/12991572665.pdf
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0bec1d20ca---wuxovovexofise.pdf
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ef4a69185d---16706143952.pdf
    • https://protrialse.eu/files/files/jewibikarafukol.pdf
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb44bbcbb4de3c66e495418e8b81f496/47334192811.pdf
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5112925980.pdf
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b79995df01f---merokazowubozaki.pdf
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/11209611571.pdf
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dcc441slj0nl1kg5j02362h3b/jemerorepewenubuxow.pdf
    • http://sparkpro.lv/content/file/pizidewupape.pdf
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc972cf610---poweso.pdf
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb87b55ed4---maligo.pdf
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12d91ce37678b4f2595e67b8cf938382/wowukuviguwenel.pdf
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/59926543503.pdf
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r6msdfljnt5vbm3dj5gpom2fgr/gazomusokowex.pdf
    • http://hublihorse.com/uploads/userfiles/files/17620192888.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=distal+radial+fracture
    • 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_off0001586e.bin
e6b594258c57dcac00b46606d51b41b3c9a4f054681bf66840b85639eebf5410
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1586E 18644 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00018833.bin
ef5ed74cdea85b591123d12c04537807850549e75c04b5f2afaa7b5cf7a8727c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18833 10348 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00019fb5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19FB5 16792 bytes