Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21333acbf84c65fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 12:04:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5c34d8deb53c511121c1a602e0ee0540 SHA-1: 1c6bbfb1b299c1030b97a2da377c362e9d748261 SHA-256: 21333acbf84c65fd0f6a05759d9cf0bf9f301381cc7accf5a18910579c44d255
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable domains, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or exploits vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=solution+differential+equation+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://herculesestateplanning.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kumoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607764183856a---89326376357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zukalujita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorcefinance.nl/uploads//file/jofefeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gillyard-johnson-mahoney.com/clients/62114/File/rolavezekuwajunuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businesslegalgroup.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vimoxobadilizanugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.com/img/upload/file/94083454325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneticapanama.com/userfiles/file/10499926676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084802f7779b---71260328391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90623d57e4c3c0d696846f8f01d4c114/51165838306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-luczak.pl/new/fck_user_files/file/seroxoxoxonezapedupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computergramm.com/userfiles/file/tevatedodewidoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o4740bosrbcg6mus0qgv6g8g26/divesefusevod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075bdaa1dc9a---silikalosimugumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.almuhja.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xororipuzumonifemopuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltarents.com/upload/ckfinder/files/gukoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kudamatsu.org/userfiles/file/71024390923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9cd5519b6---90436996069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cab64d37759c61dfa6ddafa1a3e32a75/suxoxipusej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pospatrans.cz/UserFiles/File/tuxuwupidiveputap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3915d9da950d8956850754039e9d124/61947998254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emartdeko.pl/galeria/file/ruzivoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j9l5mp71p16jdjqr4hj1qjfef7/pomavesedaluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c157b5592---dekexejupikeninino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c443.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC443 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC5A 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 6594cd88e6a4ad93921197b458fb441993408b21ce878f805aee26c013c8eaa7
font_02_sfnt_off0000f494.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF494 18944 bytes
SHA-256: a1dbef253f17fdb1fe599f7732ee2e65a541444cfbdd12b50493c9b91c1a8166