Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21a118bbbaf1b1d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-05-13 04:54:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 01ab21d4c384743a7b8ca4f7a088f0d6 SHA-1: cc2f285ca5ce7dd4424f2de7a5547b3cb06a1bf0 SHA-256: 21a118bbbaf1b1d200610f12eee7ffef14346fadf3a16b5f32e5b4f976b316dd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content and redirect users. The presence of a link to 'artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com' further indicates a potential phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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 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://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/276dee3644a848e30cd29c9c6552aa36/12417731210.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096e1762dcef---fajajupufakatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/060v9q58giii8jv4iogmqvgfoq/kujebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/13865811537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridaholidayplanner.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6da4fa5f09b453fb72f1ef58cd3238bc/senakikutuvifugibupixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34dc156247081dbe009953a3f58e68af/51426488959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/fowimamudob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4a15inelvu6kf6hbuudncdlf1/10089241100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088030cb5573---54161657926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28c3a62dc3e599a96fa01ef61d0c4738/kumotatejexipozifabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/594e2eb6f65756989cab69719cc59427/zemigobuxupoxuketonojopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40k90fo94cpvl779oqhja2votg/79133211980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mkvg3g30hn8opqin6va1a6s7e7/40719316407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4765de27c90390252577a7cc77e7210/45235938984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/62436480366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ea4c4cb578de0b3d1adc5c38670ede5/ribetijuluvapowok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/munibogutogun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nkhvpbeukrk8ngis2jgq11p7n6/60227877125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=dimplex+air+source+heat+pump+installation+manualPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e191.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE191 5240 bytes
SHA-256: ca7516326cf6e6d8edd1278ca5d4a18dc5c05a339b0dc1add5823b5dc768727c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f33e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF33E 10504 bytes
SHA-256: ad361f73c57d91e60336008c8abbd5907e9af989fa12cf1b15a4b2083d17cc0b