Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e21d784256ccec8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-07-17 12:59:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-03
MD5: 0192c32553726598bb36f37c30998644 SHA-1: 511b349d5551246bddd8b4c107cf2eb99701ed59 SHA-256: 1e21d784256ccec8431a175b04eab6973de4f65d12d19896e46338f5b98e63bb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it is a link farm hosted on compromised CMS upload storage, designed to trick users into downloading files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs and heuristic findings point to a social engineering attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c862e6f1fb030bd6ac47ab81795559a0/lebejenugewu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pharmawell.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xavawibewomizekemika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d90af448ee---10573512411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78a7ebf34b5798a4da6019203769b775/kadifalim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elazentrale.de/images/uploaded/file/fudujebutep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728d506e3e9---16885768277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitteaccesorios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hshm61in6tbpatofs5ltg80073/22209080211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatudongsaigon.vn/uploads/files/59305184112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813a8c9fb9b---xatinun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160816499a243e---nuraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ed637b71d3c---zubevuwasekesijudogela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regionalhealthprogramsww.com/images/file/59700456012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ee74ce572d---maxakenonogelekujuvar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8d786a0d7bfbd1bf9277413b660377e/67733117565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cc8e4b6132---zepavake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coming-c.com/userfiles/file/42410808508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsm.hk/images/uploadfiles/file/fimogetufajives.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beautybybelief.com/admin/images/file/97449108258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tulsamemorialclassof71.com/clients/84987/File/58433660232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xanbiente.de/userfiles/file/mizugofoxuwinisefalilav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/58714600964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61aea2baf3dc2b0b31488efd608e46a0/86263605487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adbuffalony.com/uploads/files/gitibujejogiwonila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kemenyseprosiklos.hu/upload/file/zekadivefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=class+7+geography+ch+6+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_off0000e5e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5E4 17516 bytes
SHA-256: 0287903fff10ad51e2c058a3715d12640a618a6694f5d7ce7a08b9202a6cd3e8
font_01_sfnt_off000113b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113B4 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 3a4790f78204491c1266105c46d5a9c20651362204ce90886612a2d66669fdb7
font_02_sfnt_off00012d36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D36 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1