Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d020acc9f0a6ef4b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-08-08 23:38:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 944990ab53e0235f75a2b397d8cf0133 SHA-1: 4f00c31db4874ecce7e6e8d80ebb1bfbee32bbb0 SHA-256: d020acc9f0a6ef4b60f3cb17cd682153d686badb08b060d8f08bd1baee13cdf0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ddc7bade55---67985052210.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tvkl2920d2tfmhaq5b19kf6lra/givoxeminamuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutungquanghieu.com/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/files/ruluzivuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9c37bc1392---63094597711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160763941e9195---kivogime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/35327711432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c309499e56e---labodawofugunitesubeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wolfgang-photography.com/userfiles/files/97313133218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4015a333b2---70944796005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/zebaxodib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagrupacio.cat/file/ridepivovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matchedtubes.de/userfiles/file/89542611391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6kikhsclr0qgkaitodau8ibnep/jabejuxuxoruxabim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.examnotice.in/uploads/files/95704799965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xaydunghoangthanh.com/img_duhoc/files/5990450711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elijasprojekts.lv/files/file/71435687908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://economiadecomunion.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93780510179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vc0btf0c3u9q6he2p6tncupqgh/muwazalotuzaduvoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/25798251690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8e4f8cc565---bigujapifaxid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c44f7b7651d---66103314840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoncmswebsitebeheer.nl/files/editor/file/takowowosunuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanguardhungary.hu/userfiles/file/bikiwiraxivazifexale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benefielddarrenfordhicksunited.com/clients/2/21/2186b72972973349411f8b90e6071e14/File/nilireminikepaforimero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/gegumifibazedoweki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=likya+yolu+harita+%2FpdfPDF 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_off0000eb2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB2B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001033d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1033D 18256 bytes
SHA-256: 2aca2d1dd725a9322f3e91980edc255633439a43d5e2faf43a248e4668b23ae1
font_02_sfnt_off00012f71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F71 10488 bytes
SHA-256: aa4aa1c08b9f0593dbfd24cd97b45ff12d41ebc06f8cc77365618d75d953358b