Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f20140c456c76076…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.4 KB Created: 2021-09-12 12:36:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 81fb2814fe9eff76431be56af7d77763 SHA-1: 3d61a1cdf4b9cd4d79ced5252843f30d8fdbe485 SHA-256: f20140c456c76076019bc63048ac76ea2911c2d12f613b78dca1c2dfd6ff4384
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. The PDF also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9865

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+transfer+contacts+from+android+to+sd+card PDF link annotation
    • https://orangerun.re/photo/files/8985410218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139334368990---67300272859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137c0df8183f---xawezalizugad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ortopediaszombathely.hu/editor_up/40413760046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hagakure.by/upload/editor/files/ligetaredenixem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a809e44d7f---22249309893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luatsuavina.com/userfiles/file/11867057657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkynfe.net/userfiles/file/21316699328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaishachuukobuhin.com/js/upload/files/89162447358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hilanguage-com-tw.triangle-design.com/files/14834381516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitajeans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78809454343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanandieuduong295doson.vn/namthuan/images/news/files/43226128653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energyexcess.com/userfiles/file/79419688044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hermanosvalerorecio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pitisoledixeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fa-vietnam.com/webroot/img/files/xunezumowusip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://illustrations.noche.fr/images/files/sirovedaxebobiwitojofeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto-rad.pl/userfiles/file/81406782628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuturesthai.com/uploads/files/5678798663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chung-pei.com/userfiles/file/renutafoxedasenepibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skkouty.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62232470302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesmashclub.com/imgUpload/files/16071426025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myoffice2561.sesao33.net/UserFiles/File/56711469970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38fcdc24c5597a25f4c0f065aea3e3b7/58949562549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://economiadecomunion.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fitatefixopipapemefabiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arsvet.ru/img/upload/90639137928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c3d057a2abbb87f0bf40b50b8050036/puxavexosikisukeripi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alessandrotria.altervista.org/areap/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57131151734.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_off000121a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121A8 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 890c3eafc981a426cb21f45ff5b95625ea0d03da8240c632ecff9a67626ab931
font_01_sfnt_off00013a22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A22 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015234.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15234 18896 bytes
SHA-256: 19b478a79658a11286ed39aa5ea669a53ad958a2f66f1ab9f93ff3ae114d5a41

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