Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de20346c0f1755c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-09-08 19:01:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 0bf9685de54e17b203f3983b94f29d9d SHA-1: 70bcac4137ae58e4f7aa5e6ef34b1ef9c7ed804d SHA-256: de20346c0f1755c841ba5cbf91291d3790b1c3c166fd86e0e16ef1ab12954508
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content. The presence of multiple unknown URLs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic further support this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfa29a8c8454501478d3383f9237dc76/68630305428.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tion.hu/upload/file/mojizuledorututojimojaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613028cee83a8---71568307198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autonoleggioassereto.com/file/rupogawovubekodab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sushixusa.com/userfiles/files/60225315750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b193acc0a1a74eba9de040ad1ccc809/kurelufiwudasodewagav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hueide.com/upload/files/95888406292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokoladenbrunnen.de/idata/32877311687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613849865994e---jugejawenawupafiwapum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fashiongale.ro/userfiles/files/53542544615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/6712425417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batterseataxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/goziwokexofel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nistd.in/userfiles/file/9569519885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverside-plaza.com/upload/userfile/files/pojom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613752df887d7---fojatilikoledisejegij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dianacb.cz/userfiles/file/folatipiwuzawani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gestionarival.com/userfiles/file/1495069766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stadion-zarya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wapasositibavojalit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://templeton.sk/userfiles/file/ferujitopasivolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wintec-samu.hu/uploads/files/nelekegowisifazorepujuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estoniapools.com/contents/files/puluzefatazugajutenofel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpshardorawal.com/hemkunt/userfiles/file/radoxixabusol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voijin.com/userfiles/files/47174080823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04a4714b7180260e19773f6a38d78baf/lolowilutulago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=liftonin+xpress+pdfPDF 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_off0000d8e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8E5 10344 bytes
SHA-256: f242f9481ec71a0725762e4fd604c07c5e6ac3e0fcd0ae81d770a72ae9cb50ff
font_01_sfnt_off0000f05c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF05C 22640 bytes
SHA-256: d47b97c37f910648e46c631373e65373de3e6eeaf33b7b182e9324c2c43af49b
font_02_sfnt_off00012a47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A47 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1