Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21acf55d343dbc56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-08-13 07:32:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 33905c247318961067ce7deb1617aaff SHA-1: 82681f4556fe308f8dace4cda81b54581c56ad84 SHA-256: 21acf55d343dbc56015c7717e456a985a8b5c9998a2b2c7a0495c76364c83f69
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. It includes numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a88d7ead4097e7cfb2685dc16a96aa10/37726160697.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nuitsdartistes.eu/images/file/11495653662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/piu81cem9s5etmkg5qr59rg2p7/74185438008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c36b1b883---fopewoxazunojujurovugipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mnspineandsport.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e41aff579bcc71a1beac70c9291cdee/58231199523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.creativitaecomunicazione.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lunidajunotejam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anupbolivia.com/images/files/39156492542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1d5cf10708---70797167324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62beb59b0f30f83601a8b612ad0c20bf/3279679525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poolpoint.be/uploads/file/wozapir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptchasers.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/18595815624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malabarisproducoes.com/arquivos/files/58836403529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blv.by/upload/editor/files/tabibamevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saxonrt.hu/img/userfiles/files/zalexiniverejowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://migger.dk/userimages/file/61375142722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b66769f550d008abf8c318718e64143/87328500719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609834bceecb5---duvedepibomevefol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resheto.ru/users_images//fck/file/59654181281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfi2cu6dg1g2mr6c5hvmen2s72/38682737138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tyko.pl/userfiles/file/pidibogokikasozugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lraf37q90obskt6l58a9egbd9e/dowitazibevidobuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af999d19aeb---97634216985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourjamesfamilyhistory.com/clients/1/14/146a9f92d0a296c7c29e793db058bb30/File/wixegafokuzabutilev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://corising.info/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210723224422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=hbr%27s+10+must+reads+on+strategy+pdfPDF 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_off0000e74c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE74C 16816 bytes
SHA-256: c735254ad1462e2c5a1c437e85ea8885558b917cd342e046011cc2e2e876b4f1
font_01_sfnt_off0001132b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1132B 11256 bytes
SHA-256: 0180d552c6c84688bf15be9ed61ef916fcbb8a4c71825ee80cd92f4ab33d2822
font_02_sfnt_off00012d49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D49 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1