Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21296d89458d3f28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-07-30 04:36:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 1e49652df2917e3ee7b80684afa84635 SHA-1: f46f79ca09ed8ce73ea60696db205da67e42ec1e SHA-256: 21296d89458d3f2803a6ba379a2bddc0fd7534a32e4192a022d7a461cad2c052
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains malformed streams and points to multiple compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and link farms on potentially disposable hosting further supports this assessment, likely serving as a lure to download further payloads or phish credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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 http://op-gold.com/ck_image//files/dowonizusikejuvajuzugovu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3486d5fe3cdad8c60b88bb8eb25bf0e/jilefofopiwexobivebik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p6tq8e7a2hi5ad98b3sfcfmo37/88290118340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blissworldbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/63394697015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspirans.com/files/file/37000000090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://essiac.cz/UserFiles/file/gavivujotuzuzopap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a141d2a3f56eb8db8c3f8c69c29d7ae8/norusufumowiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naasschoolofmotoring.ie/fckeditor/userfiles/file/74687378180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udclassof1968.com/clients/74076/File/kulov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thaiboat.net/image/upload/File/41809800212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17df914fb9aeb39973814511acbc9f2b/50866796100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpbnatation.fr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/50133390890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bamor.org/userfiles/file/36894811949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/69274322922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettogherardi.eu/userfiles/files/datovofemanonojudofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinhsuasolieu.com/media/files/zugezukudezojumowalegud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33efb1f8439577aabdb2902522e34630/gakasonuzad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diencongnghiepvohoang.com/uploads/files/widegikesejumogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778fbdb0ced---banidelapegawuzovelupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f5b098522---vilagixepamixape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df2a1ca363233b1aa2ce02a6cbd81070/zujalivasukobil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrtowing.ca/Lawyers/userfiles/file/gofowoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prokoncept.hu/admin/blogfck/image/file/95811035697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=the+story+of+aladdin+and+the+wonderful+lamp+summaryPDF 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_off000109e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109E0 11028 bytes
SHA-256: 368d2d6dfee926492ab66a44f8c1890db67084c20e72ed917ffd2cb18d377951
font_01_sfnt_off00012366.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12366 16588 bytes
SHA-256: 98fdcfc090f60c940febcace9a5f698e02bce0b303b0cc9a955cc05c0e1927e6
font_02_sfnt_off00014e6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E6D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1