Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21ade2cc6455b0e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 19:32:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e5aa21dc7d6c3474dd759b1bd34c8b6b SHA-1: 7db459b6e0a4483c9d9beb45a67784718d0882cc SHA-256: 21ade2cc6455b0e5c3dcab24a5b243aa5322a529d64f1ad4b3011feabfb79c20
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and multiple external links. Several heuristics indicate that these links point to compromised CMS uploads and are part of a link farm, suggesting a phishing or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://ofertaromania.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gixafafetizumusuxu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://havefuntogether.com/image/upload/File/45050437581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chokmanee.com/userfiles/file/surudamekaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://er-trans.com/img/produkty/files/98625103691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sity-luxe.ru/userfiles/file/28254883685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1614228a8529a7---zejikibom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2cexpressdemo.com/userfiles/file/govelimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cec6b5e856---43486512943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/gijedaseme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnlillylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/61386650346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vegagastro.pl/upload/file/kefidaworoxewigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connatlas.com/home/conn/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98480293035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwistw.com/upload/files/53899209154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrmhandling.nl/upload/file/barojokukarebixusiguwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://successalpha.team/upload/files/83970510124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karate-talence.com/newsite/userfiles/files/41505574246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unitez.net/images/newtech/files/fakudexufikigot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgjinhak.kr/DATA/upload/files/202109020821072242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searchkar.com/ci/userfiles/files/44953937786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklamavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/62498542069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veganogle.es/uploads/ckfinder/files/ruromerowinejimozorago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megatekspb.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/zedonal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://channeloflove.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/movabutenixemoditife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b5e314348d---wejirujunokoxiluxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maimungkorn.com/UserFiles/file/49404705390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=qr+code+generator+library+javaPDF 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_off0000d543.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD543 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED5A 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 6879c2fb1b9885693b8d0c728df1b4cd6aa25975a86f921a7bfc3beb0d136259
font_02_sfnt_off00010675.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10675 17372 bytes
SHA-256: 52e424d54127d851bd825a9aac86462f12f07bb5aeed2a180dffb9ed0f37ff5c