Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e20e895ebfdf2436…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-06-10 20:37:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8dda511ae7878ce5c224a4f6b3bfaa7c SHA-1: a00ae56c9dac48fa479e9105c41cb6aeab971eb4 SHA-256: e20e895ebfdf2436db7b4952c81d68abb3246883e1902b5089e15f71a11007c3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

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 0.9997

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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=naira+aur+kartik+ka+song PDF link annotation
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16074022e7ba36---zapij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be14a0ab3fe---69812647219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160924ec80ee6d---kugaxuxezobipewipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deaa4568770acab41a31b20580181d24/kazizigatelupeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/54655392689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e63abea1c---70570658672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/2069049384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d9e569a805---xabuneposozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f7f2cc0e6e---rutukozegibojogenemeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k1581f9cmghbt3u8bv7un3v3n4/gumizometuvovepewaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/makupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070de8de2927---93901157950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/224e6a5ad5f0a900bf326848d4098698/87872087631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e653011ffa---wudewaxenedepuvita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8p59f8eulmmc56771p0vdg8r6/64150644898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/30667422527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822e66ae006---kidivowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cn5u1jms673nm7s5g43hoa9jv3/tazopasimobovidanukis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be2ef5c39b00a38d084613e293c83ddf/vavufodeleximufodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076662fe67c7---64155641990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://fedorahosted.org/lohitIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d9e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9E6 4852 bytes
SHA-256: 94146784a907ac1c22f09b599eb61266e731d0205db6e3571a54a3b32c58c9fd
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA81 10020 bytes
SHA-256: 4a0205c931fdaa08e06a02997bc32cd57fe37361f4a848a4a095023394154096
font_02_sfnt_off00010d10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D10 6432 bytes
SHA-256: 802c4653f911bb86950568bbfabe5fa1d91f36501f5fac0e29c1e32d3b5681a4