Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d20ca3d39172f5a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-11 16:19:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 771d57d857f585fba7466851272109bc SHA-1: 9c9a9be3c4b1b45af082e75538c3467534d2a2e6 SHA-256: d20ca3d39172f5a86532a192dc3846509d139b6840c71d96f827692601fc8ced
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or appear to be part of a link farm designed to manipulate search engine results. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host and direct users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://worldnaturalfood.com/image/upload/File/15602716013.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://h1t-url12shio-turbo.com/contents/files/50037691205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27473a3e26dff6c52cca86fe2ff2920e/21440385859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rbtyutj01.com/userfiles/files/tulinefilupijipamamono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bbfneurgfqtc0v7p3dk9j9079/79108915089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apmnir.ro/fckfiles/file/58381986699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/pasedozusejumusukekegoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a0fe2c5a0e---78535100785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ud2-140.com/files/8310432301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130bb954613c---visipub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jawarakreasi.com/file/jejokeketopudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://self119.net/upload/userfiles/2021/09/files/210906155357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avukat.dnsaktif.net/upload/files/41107327951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arredamenticucinesiciliane.it/userfiles/files/jawotasiripalejuzubulezex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d1e6f299925f259839514a67ef19b06/sarijejowazizejofixegaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138e9c776f3c---861940030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134bbfd974bb---loxalanadivolar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613be0964f6e3---muxegonujobenugudazogila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bc-arman.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99405104510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doina.md/fckeditorfiles/file/71479282693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipayon.com/root/FCKeditor/file/nutegax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miroslaws.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gepavuzekopewegavonete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dogathermalhotel.com/resimler/files/23966585702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=watch+the+mentalist+season+7PDF link annotation
    • http://alessandrotria.altervista.org/areap/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45684472396.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_off0000f19d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF19D 17872 bytes
SHA-256: 36f18282bfa30e0c14acad753f2ed9677a273db2e40ba45a930c904f56c6b7e3
font_01_sfnt_off0001207c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1207C 10436 bytes
SHA-256: 2527cc49c1a8cade29d20e2ac7bdc926ff543df8dea4345503537081adeee3f6
font_02_sfnt_off0001380c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1380C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1