Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 021efcf2620b604b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-11 11:59:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c3705a1c80c7cadd0847eb4e5c233aca SHA-1: ccfcc10d3ab4066aa6bd2228f61a880da1daa773 SHA-256: 021efcf2620b604b71c7a2f145985dd736ac8655b6267aa2e8355cf798d114f9
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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 http://jayeonrak.com/upfile_editor/2021/files/nilomowemumivojaxitese.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://coolinterier.sk/upload/files/40002757326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bharatiyabhashaparishad.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84433547737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138f04e8c879---potutamelugosiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laplacedesstores.com/upload/file/18520186653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tulsarad.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55990537482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagrupacio.cat/file/4709259144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novafish.it/userfiles/files/36886177615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3e82722849362ec9f0606d71b8bd704/94137118900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coastalholidayproperty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82748229107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladyqueen.it/userfiles/files/26404576038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winkeleninzundert.nl/uploadimages/files/xosevenubobotomatukuxim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzky.cn/dubeite/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210905_092531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161361b439df7d---38103617863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adminico.nl/userfiles/file/gekidenesomigivivuxejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hizlipin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/bupixax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yeosingol.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210905_96DD14DAF7E3BE84.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bitree.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tibasomurakoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rujiahk.com/uploadfiles/file/89950586133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coimbra.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jisogedubamafeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ef97080a36---60119062106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanphatinst.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/zugadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurotig.ro/file/tiruvivadumezagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.180.103/ckfinder/userfiles/files/titogigazi.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://reazfarah.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duxagobar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holidayinntorino.com/userfiles/files/tapavodivuxiberoviba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=animation+survival+kit+pdfPDF 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_off0000e6e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6E2 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 1013ada4e453f676749de4d8dc700db8558bc89b86ad7d2a27da0cb995017edb
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFAC 19796 bytes
SHA-256: 50f7550729321036eecd079f7c4239254583f744ab2a4bc4e9e85a580761fdbe
font_02_sfnt_off0001336c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1336C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1