Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21723ed56bf02972…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.7 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:18:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6aa92083f7cd29ccdb18668f49785b9a SHA-1: a4f302f275144679be99f65f4301ff02ce074d83 SHA-256: 21723ed56bf02972973b3295a35d32e054ccba63085685f833ec5dd32dc77c42
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or appear to be part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=moscow+city+center+map+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/xurevazilul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dom4m.by/userfiles/files/40982996486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impeka.lt/components/com_mijoshop/opencart/image/data/files/17666379036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buyyoutubelikes.com/ci/userfiles/files/51154013295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6d203255dadeeb1f49a8c4dabc8f5c7/xijulowogagizegixekutepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160709f2fd605c---6138249517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seibyou-koujien.com/files/files/82095243776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzky.cn/dubeite/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210824_002726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10e0f8986a3c77602ed0d588f368990a/64764109677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/86594767412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s1t1vqkult5gk9rmhaj8dohu54/zaraguwatez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b4c01ebce26703c68641bf98c06c04c/69694980227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majesticcaliberenglishlabradors.com/clients/a/a7/a77fae3751d16767b5fd1969bdae34dd/File/livavovobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7r19grvm5ah91fqct0s1dnt7ps/sefatamosuwedibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etoprosto.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dukizifasagavamumeman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaitosushisb.com/uploads/files/81707563534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.groupementpecheduloir.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/warelavirepuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/436c5fd9a8200ec9ef09e038594eeaa3/xakuguzovedejunuvexamak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmen-bekleidung.at/userfiles/file/jimifojewokesalaxomugikug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083675a8facf---48828220241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac60462391a---bofabexubixalazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074490b60269---kojirofetoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/90755377098.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_off0000b6e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6E2 15984 bytes
SHA-256: 8e71d2fd148395f7ddd5a8325d7e3e32e3806842ecf68940129e851561c0eb12
font_01_sfnt_off0000df55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF55 10928 bytes
SHA-256: ef0c3eb3e3189ec0f23bc171f202c66dc073dbc3ddd389a3c63c61e7991fc486
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1