Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f20fa8189b64b9e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.6 KB Created: 2021-09-13 16:51:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 164d7aa10a012e7a42663d2d8eecfdf1 SHA-1: 89d6d2b796d742dd3e5808e9fe573e2624f774a4 SHA-256: f20fa8189b64b9e8ee39e0600457f63c91b19ee97d8efbba5819de4e476288bc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme, where users are directed to malicious content disguised as legitimate files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9790

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://vieclamday.com/userfiles/file/wesamajelesogazidojepa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44500190287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svarovanijelinek.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41994539080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avflash.nl/upload/files/zuruporav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertoantoniz.com/resources/original/file/fubademiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldapa.eus/files/galeria/files/75814951492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahknchem.com/upload/files/lefizeduzabefafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srilangkapools.com/contents/files/60975719800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nollve.com/img/editor/image/file/12101220076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613252c359bb7---befusevatajivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.terresdescaraibes.fr/file/20894481780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131a566ef2d0---gogowoparuzakojor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alusol-kw.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vidaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commsoft.nu/demo/ktb/wsmbilder/files/93568085428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonasixtytwo.com/userfiles/file/29494257395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52e2f7a92497cc0561b2b0aa73fa3ebc/96668446858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74d86a23eca1bba74581eb26e0466ee5/77817288451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almavilag.hu/files/files/96546759830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/lexaxajizafir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--c1aejbdnke.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43175971825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapalishakti.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rubuxivudarusit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvet-trefontane.eu/userfiles/files/jiwewixubuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westhollywood.ilovepokebar.com/uploads/files/zixejogadajareripipakuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medob.org/SITE/files/editor/file/kipetuborupobevogurir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://millersexpress.com/userfiles/file/85838313715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613140dd38831---48731018482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=html+css+javascript+tutorial+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off00011459.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11459 19780 bytes
SHA-256: 6c295cad60191786b1f5c71eb311263388abd4373c5466d9b697e1ef6e4321ed
font_01_sfnt_off000147df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015ff6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15FF6 17332 bytes
SHA-256: 1c2fd52be7538927f9f77cb882ece45116dc63418a84371516fa7a66ec30afe5