Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca20d13e9b0a9b98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 20:19:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: dd3782f063d345b37e79325ec1df59bf SHA-1: bf22901d3af1f5769a41f026ed93278a77a20b44 SHA-256: ca20d13e9b0a9b98d84f9fce705f737c413b3d6272a402efaf739741f3aedf10
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=whaff+rewards+ios PDF link annotation
    • https://loonbedrijfschimmel.nl/userfiles/files/kezarumipinewumorekovuvun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietcem.vn/public/default/ckeditor/files/27872857131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n2nnetworks.com/files/others/84093857973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4066a5ad2fbecf78fd92e72fde6863b/kelotuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://48bulls.com/js/upload/files/40843776475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurenhanger.nl/userfiles/file/32981866471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxzyjy.com/CKEdit/upload/files/tosiribenetajil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gelikonline.ru/content/Files/12903173575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claudiodituri.it/uploads/galizibivexufiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9526c7913bd30a727650202a09260a1/vikatijezigofidodagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161311f605d721---rikilevikadoguzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dges.in/userfiles/file/gesemonilub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powerliteaac.com/userfiles/file/zowifapasuvifejupuzija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0415f9af66f81c2b378b74270d69b09c/31547111567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixmyhelicopter.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/nujupuwedifipekeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613eee892261a---11101785308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inks.bg/userfiles/file/kizodesagokalozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gartenbaukoeln.de/uploads/files/detujiguzepavuxafufarazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarangroup1.com/contents/files/fikinanerijoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rify.us/cms-uploads/files/2270582616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangtriasianwindow.com/uploads/image/files/mozumibelumamafadiwav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etadelloro.it/images/file/11264952404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samnakthodrahassob.com/userfiles/file/72856154894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladna.pl/user_images/file/guzatitibupalekovuneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maility.pl/_ADRESuserfiles/file/rizopesoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c25e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC25E 18432 bytes
SHA-256: 353e64983524191c25970c7da4cf8496f06ae91578f04ab6dcaffca3ed773f27
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000109d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109D0 10280 bytes
SHA-256: f029eac0cd59fc353da0ba871f7b75027ff347ce8ee4c013093234a2ba6231fb