Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21345be148171f07…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-09-15 22:42:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: fa2a493bddfc49df87dfb2c5f27f2f7d SHA-1: 179147f493582fe9ff6254a3bd3009f5d098c575 SHA-256: 21345be148171f0715445818baaf44b778f0e6b249da691a9c161b67a44947ce
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Numerous embedded URLs were found, with several pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.bosingels.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25978452690.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ef1ca32236---11741744346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laps.pl/userfiles/file/natupit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilot-nav.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bisagulomuzekod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rujiahk.com/uploadfiles/file/93292133320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livewireeventz.com/userfiles/file/novazem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sterenstein.ru/userfiles/file/28747582276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indecomavo.pl/userimg/inc/14605450348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ce12269765---45785017584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leasebridge.com/CKUPimg/files/78294015933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agriturismoilcolle.org/userfiles/file/82120560949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio1bet.com/contents/files/torokedanesopabokep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140a73181e3d---74152466254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myucmas.com/userfiles/file/ropetixebinikade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zaragozadenoche.es/upload/files/24437281158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aedjtjdshbf.pretty-match.com/upload/files/nuxinubulimuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-midas.ro/files/file/74381948143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adgroup.co/userfiles/file/ximivonudulose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://togul.org/sites/default/files/file/pebanenubewitepebuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwcapital.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zikuvusigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimura-shihoshoshi.com/userfiles/file/82016445579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milkexim.ru/imgeditor/file/naxagolujiwetisawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnvhardoi.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vaxilusijuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=dragon+ball+z+ultimate+tenkaichi+download+for+androidPDF 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_off0000f5cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5CC 18764 bytes
SHA-256: 40f65e26e02ccdc280d6e80399d527801be1f0482889df8b77abbacfdfc3f67e
font_01_sfnt_off000126ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013ec5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EC5 11236 bytes
SHA-256: 313f8db9b567c7dd5daf38ce94ee9d5b7ddd1a15dfd527ca6d3a35a4b8e552e4