Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 021c10a9e3fbaf61…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-10 18:25:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 34bd0c7731526c22cc45d41d79b03967 SHA-1: 15c77c1fbd300cb63d11c3b2941a1fcf8d028ea8 SHA-256: 021c10a9e3fbaf6179a52e9866f022790a6035dfe3abec187cdcc03276210f48
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was identified as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains numerous links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, designed to redirect users to download further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=slender+man+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13b5d309bd09284d64625d21ae3f7627/24256411431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://destockbaby.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89396209541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxerdapolenta.com/cmsimple/images/file/77009340835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/510990802822f4031307260a46fd0ae9/93862316554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ave-france.com/pics/files/80808320018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.totspotdaynursery.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35241736834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inica.org/files/file///vifitavudovusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movingalpsfoundation.ch/userfiles/file/9525171228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biolabsrl.org/userfiles/files/nufufodizumaremasexebota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a0cf94ca7e---gomaxaguzeboresowuvit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juniorclublivorno.com/sitonews/images_upload/files/13967152379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef0d9d7c4cf4d89239d97b7e3124be37/45343915114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alrashed-alsaleh.com/userfiles/files/41074770065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fong-cai.com/upload/files/lopoguranapep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbkhjc.com/uploads/202109/file/210904131941425247glvmng4793ea.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreanhotpot.com/uploads/files/damogigipovig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://la-klamm.org/userfiles/file/47165776013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hflbdq.com/uploads/file/051803181799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariacasettamattei.it/userfiles/files/39084506580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renebeumer.nl/userfiles/file/dibesonawew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pijntherapie.be/uploads/files/xetironububufofulalud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakshimi-kaatsu.com/user_data/packages/default/imgfiles/bolepanuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/82572318666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b62716e169---10305832784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talentfuturesservices.com/sharpinstitute/images/files/88913404427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tbks71pvvt58a13acapgu5kt33/32946496361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.antoniopopolizio.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18159993260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theorientgarden.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/68987117733.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_off0000cc15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC15 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e42c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE42C 10244 bytes
SHA-256: 27f1d007066f2f8569ec7159bbd9998b7bde8c61da09baa7371c98de9b02bbb2
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB1D 17808 bytes
SHA-256: d1532ab8ce4a639db5aaf1a6c6d076b03fa014cef32c63ac44ad80a211213558