Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e220bd20cecebde3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-08-02 03:38:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0d6e7eaad3194a136474d65896cf36ec SHA-1: 980dc4040df72e608f50a9c4da7215417857a82c SHA-256: e220bd20cecebde3a209436fedb9d2f42b369348fef24635e766b08d9a24d39f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is flagged as a link farm, with several pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. An embedded JavaScript stream was also detected, suggesting the potential for malicious code execution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 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://www.alitec.es/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wemabusunusofibaz.pdf
    • http://55thocscompany.com/clients/62662/File/bileraxarenubudob.pdf
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5711c9ccb---zasenesegulumoz.pdf
    • https://solidpractise.com/files/userfiles/file/zogurugenojov.pdf
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080cbc45ecac---76415918273.pdf
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/duzefedal.pdf
    • http://ccforum.kr/uploads/file/1624177868.pdf
    • http://tropo-design.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8936846709.pdf
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34000523028.pdf
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c684806e0bf---xupidisap.pdf
    • http://apnorajasthan.net/userfiles/file/tavetevedulora.pdf
    • http://co-wemart.com/careeruserfiles/file/95688554084.pdf
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093fe0a96922---dejigakupapigow.pdf
    • http://kasystemofkarate.com/clients/861259/File/93728879876.pdf
    • https://kompaspt1.com/contents//files/46520563161.pdf
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/imv81mcermps6arlulasl89qdu/dejijumoropopi.pdf
    • https://hamzsabegi60szallo.hu/UserFiles/File/65740944734.pdf
    • http://carolinaboatclub.com/userfiles/file/rogeroxupexenipu.pdf
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86eb61e1f7---bakidedonepapufisekaj.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160976706f007c---99627069610.pdf
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ffb8cfb2926d1c8be809b13f479da55/bifediwusabame.pdf
    • http://dahchen.tw/userfiles/file/61325401666.pdf
    • http://barcelonasixtytwo.com/userfiles/file/53453141876.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=blood+types+worksheet+answers+what+is+an+antigen
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f0a5.bin
b527f09c6b5282a587103f1a3769c93966cbfd55ca993bb9c0643edd2653e8b0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0A5 11016 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010a19.bin
f4cad7e3e9bd84ddbfb1e1370645e1d3e438f4d43e01b732428d77daab0a5edc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A19 17168 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001369e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1369E 16792 bytes