Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2021cc3050a97b73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-09-10 05:53:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 49f6e998ac0b70a00ac79b1f3b70d4a2 SHA-1: 02bb29c136a2c3402eeb35a5d99799636567115e SHA-256: 2021cc3050a97b733d882e7e20388480eb377d08db676508eab03ccca3fb6aab
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple potentially compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the link farm structure are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e698b3b906bd2a3841f26a8bb1703111/4213049103.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130e78b16169---xapovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petraifevronii.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48994493013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a9bde1a61b---38309272787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161389733eb9f3---nuvinexezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruihuitax.com/files/file/39316095794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ngj76ks5641aclbfkgfma1ii2/78080225162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bud-med.eu/userfiles/file/bijikalupeniluge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cinebuzz.be/uploads/userfiles/files/25916464321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhhangkhong.com/upload/images/files/83677841653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livre-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1395139820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mbfeed.vn/upload/files/favematemopizozizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613733025aacc---gamobudijam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.facyt.com.ar/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tezopoberexepugosoxusixup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-praha.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10663138528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ippon.lv/uploads/File/nisefikoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----gtbercbfedtm3b.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jopenevulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e4a1c71038a1d14f038efdb50b60a8b/kekubewuwepapezak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nstoplana.rs/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23459638549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enerjimakine.com/tsrm1/img/userfiles/file/wepetoderikobofivowij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amsuatrust.org/survey/userfiles/files/74983703168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drishtinetcom.in/FCKeditor/file/zozikigap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portakalweb.net/home/portakal/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pinewevulofov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artgraf24.pl/userfiles/file/39758566396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://everestart.com/images/stories/file/10044221773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infoegrafica.com/userfiles/files/1763324326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balajihighfields.in/userfiles/file/83166867548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=ecg+interpretation+made+incredibly+easy+6th+edition+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_off0000ef7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF7B 11556 bytes
SHA-256: 8440f46e6c3921cc9ff5a15ca300e6446092a496904525684f24f9c50849c1c7
font_01_sfnt_off00010a5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A5B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001226d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1226D 18912 bytes
SHA-256: dcac1660c9fa6cd05f9f6bdec48b1682a957b7df4cd2acf396de8219171396d2