Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21277ce81f669c80…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-14 03:55:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d4e8ce83ed7e4174592752f0699842c8 SHA-1: dfdf9e27f6ffa3914e2226768fdf61039640e2f9 SHA-256: 21277ce81f669c80568f7bb4a7474b0c0aa4b68af9ae5bffb6682be9c49a052a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary function appears to be acting as a link farm to obscure the ultimate destination of malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1113e329862a03edddaaae9abae967da/runonasomi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aircond.md/upload_fck/file/sisurakibonufepel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techson-cctv.com/upload/file/wodubamisiperujibamaxigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97a1c419f32db2a151d4bc38b17358c1/jaxolaliwufozetodevujafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wirheiraten.de/images/file/nubapuzodalavoripexozaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibisch.com/files/files/85155871967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiquim.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76021473913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenajarisiconstructii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba780aa20e---38525400981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/loninewijuguvufitajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0564351e39dd388b8d67d68317b8f1e7/54412820384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a149b1bdc7c---topazofuxakatiwaginiwupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f78d54335c4a1cee0359f1123a6e12fd/fuzorosawiranekukosatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amy-tsai.com/images_express/userfiles/files/kebopoginami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b06f76e17aa7cd09befdd24400c57bf0/93929511219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c950eb4b1f6---46585643173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms02bet.com/contents//files/68665968195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etcad.net/np/upfile/file/22130498776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debsluxe.com/clients/1/17/174397649ed9f07baa8f9d9f48c72a4d/File/babudokemukitiwolusip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rund.cz/UserFiles/File/jabutotajelasofeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makinsushi.com/uploads/files/28754485548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kajsanordstrom.com/userfiles/files/betimonelexijewiduxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/280dbdad01f87e25364285208e0e7f66/fagazavuwubujutexepax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=christology+from+belowPDF 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_off0000e6e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 8d1554c0a0dc2dd766bfca65f3834a0baa74ed3bd58cefcdd42d1fddcfec08a2
font_01_sfnt_off0001127c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1127C 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 5348adff3328f529bfc94cf27d6d3db2f9c24dcecb5cbd6126b7dd5f6455e37e
font_02_sfnt_off00012b5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B5E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1