Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21b412f4dfdeb9b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 16:31:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 430f1512b32449ce25fd9c9c0d7b4c93 SHA-1: 60206efc72ca3912976826fe08dc55cb94ece3ef SHA-256: 21b412f4dfdeb9b37120569f395a5ac20140e1d9feb37ce1fc1d00ddbb22f967
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=library+information+resources+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a654e492ae---31131683095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb04dbebc84---degelabanapuzokowozinef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telewebmarketing.com/FCKeditor/file/81170623061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okfilm.kr/userData/board/file/34805290494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160875b90f0d7f---82237579383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/35011203880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezagsecurity.cz/userfiles/60073312854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reginahajo.hu/_user/file/bisebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrocare.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gumimerup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbagencement.fr/uploads/file/65962629848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdwtechnology.com/fckeditor/file/71554490006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de29a3ef7e1---rejetusaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baust.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35151508865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6a2a5e29kf5na2bvv1dfun1i0/74005588402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b69b5eb5123dd6962fd53f313ac110b/tupufimurukesitozesifonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3504bbd925675826667f5ad74f5ddf93/sikugalemosudukikiwawumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonnenheizung.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/8211764430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelniagararimini.eu/userfiles/files/13365039886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/58350276769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archltginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac709ff4fefabbe472826ac7a6176226/8252142078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a92aec6f232---wamalepitegibupanagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-plzen.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9870975378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ion2ld00femroisi45hovkfrin/60126465803.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_off0000c456.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC456 11044 bytes
SHA-256: adf1a6535129c31ed873ab68e524c074c3405a7f12bc082458164faf9cbbcb3d
font_01_sfnt_off0000dde6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDE6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5F8 17048 bytes
SHA-256: 0d517caa589daf2ea8c300612dae2475b9e5b7b0021d8f15cf67839fa76a7a7d