Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f20e4aaba57a1760…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-15 22:30:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 621dc6eb804031ed9fe68e8681602a94 SHA-1: 6a49703695837a2f58ca37d8c26907690a363918 SHA-256: f20e4aaba57a1760790c6932aefcf0cf9af5b6f9f141b62c193eb8f61da3e721
192 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it acts as a downloader or part of a link farm for phishing. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=corriere+della+sera+applicazione+android
    • http://billsky.ee/files/file/37715579935.pdf
    • http://togul.org/sites/default/files/file/61172251903.pdf
    • https://nibrasimansch.com/userfiles/files/sefawuxegaleditipeju.pdf
    • http://moskvaznaet.ru/upload/files/60375051098.pdf
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ora9gmc2njkdui52kok3jmkkt/ganasawikafifizafujijazu.pdf
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161365014ba981---wulakujorunogipedofigigor.pdf
    • https://spandoekland.nl/userfiles/file/34366753261.pdf
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f539606cac4106abbc217232db251f01/41472681321.pdf
    • https://bayihoki99.com/contents/files/20435350751.pdf
    • http://ronaldtan.nl/images/photo/ruxizamula.pdf
    • https://kimcert.net/E/file/32649403407.pdf
    • https://aljuboori.com/userfiles/files/lumelemif.pdf
    • https://kapefashion.com/files/files/95106070382.pdf
    • https://schachverein-marchhoefe.ch/fcsr/news/upload/file/bepinuzufesogagufevug.pdf
    • http://didula.ru/img/file/94326039629.pdf
    • https://mobilieroccasion.fr/uploads/file/dagoxejevebarido.pdf
    • https://mantyobras.com/userfiles/file/43661897896.pdf
    • https://rakbah.healthybitespk.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82211566050.pdf
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb8f9ca57b---gikipibelizagonapaziseser.pdf
    • https://mingyi-lock.com/data/file/userfiles/files/bukikesi.pdf
    • http://ledspectrumthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jiwonor.pdf
    • http://140.121.125.49/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210913_042010.pdf
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/sugekopinajiviwi.pdf
    • https://chulintemple.house-well.com/CKEdit/upload/files/52877316702.pdf
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31427741358.pdf
    • 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_off0000e5cf.bin
288d8d1affa7f9cd276fcfcf461be7939512ffcbe81d8bac049b7ceb1f506962
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5CF 18196 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000115fb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115FB 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012e12.bin
e38d109069111d778493323248c92b9336bb0c1671b46a3b27a836193b478ffd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E12 10500 bytes