Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21014893339dc550…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-08 02:08:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 7eafebbb2e01cc00deccadb452467f0c SHA-1: fce69ea6bc829681ebf45b2ce8d9bc6e2e6d5a7e SHA-256: 21014893339dc550c23839de974c39022ce6f680a3b8660c0c565fa59dfd0137
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/185b659c2590b1609912659aaa90d679/rodejinuzoxajoxalana.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/3140645551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2fac4c4e56ec90b41e6c1ed3b955dc7/muxadixumubudalipugefon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgadsahodayatarntaran.org/sahodyatarntarannew/userfiles/file/45878396403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sharidyer.com/clients/863431/File/37435551084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cassotech.nl/site/data/ws/files/10515557235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4gpuil3iji67b61pn16j4c93i5/pijobidonogubisufilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czpohledavky.cz/userfiles/files/78223778599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sogelec-eng.com/files/ckfinder/files/89790596638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falerisztika.hu/tmp/47602239710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d76a4b09ec2---zevarukevutasop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoj0agf7cq.xn--p1ai/uploads/files/16794267570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nipissing-lodge.com/clients/b/be/be32fa5c9d1e5a871f1efa0d35b29fe7/File/komuxajironubomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schodylux.pl/userfiles/file/9818228388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baove247.org/upload/files/wufotorevarobuwajumunuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1illq5ase9ovkd0m7qb7vvnpkl/81636731659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c1868358bb---1942866693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161296c03259c5---65476135474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52sqeid18v8afbvba7qk3fbnfs/noziwexap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://j26clean.com/upload/files/64114967358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cropscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/pulojubitewiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rentappli.com/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/phpimage/phpimage/upload/images/file/10226186989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=falun+dafa+libro+pdf+gratisPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c797.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC797 21396 bytes
SHA-256: 0fd2db1871e1a804d248a132e9159a9d5f13362173b560da20c1aa090bd4053b
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe32.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE32 10756 bytes
SHA-256: c6cbaabfaca5c0ba48c3502d23625108250340f644a9800d309910794f6ea03d
font_02_sfnt_off00011679.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11679 1908 bytes
SHA-256: e1b34b56f766b52dd7f6f1608e19e75f17ced996a683346d6fdfd66d0a8877c1
font_03_sfnt_off00011f4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F4D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1