Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21b4b971e1926dec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 23:19:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ca873aa4962af4965ef2065a4dce93a4 SHA-1: debe295b49546f2a7aba51042f7a80ccfb68a063 SHA-256: 21b4b971e1926dec06036f6064421f08945079b0e849190097b3009ad3517eb6
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a callback phishing lure. It contains numerous links to potentially compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its direct content, but the presence of link farms and the callback lure heuristic strongly indicate a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) or Microsoft license-boilerplate documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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 http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///77316385748.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbcb17a7b5cb9562cfe6ad7ec7920164/kigenotapewigabadetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/21555912447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eef6ea19ac---91824831601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac423b39705---sofovafejukopitinonejado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kassa.pl/userfiles/file/82906426405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehlibeytalimleri.com/resimler/files/kuvugolofedosegok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldurra.ly/images-editeur/img/file/junakirolenijozax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1847d61491---17554104187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f268db5a782d12f20dd04ffe53ead095/matumilubaligijenozexotum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076929a80c29---xexokipafikunoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seabeachthailand.com/UserFiles/file/meputizituxilopapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://losmarinoslanzarote.com/marinarubicon/admin/file/ziwavekuvab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laulumaja.fi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84899589590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ols.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92e3c008fb929a67c9032c419da2ca03/nojevubuxowoxewote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodwill.pl/userfiles/file/vorifumafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rspon.pl/images/wyswig_images/file/jogel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lk0sqrc8eksnps5dl7tmg693fl/17801763572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b419e5376b7---lazibisovalawixekod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.it/upload/gupab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf8e7bb4b22---24699602164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myjobcareer.net/userfiles/file/2021053109003173499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721505d50b6---sizezutetunobida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=introduction+to+biology+videoPDF 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_off0001419a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1419A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000159b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x159B1 10584 bytes
SHA-256: f426d0b493c02903f752e3dc094270b7fd0786330048501848694c88b4f7ed62
font_02_sfnt_off000171c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x171C5 16432 bytes
SHA-256: 5bec6853bd725683846ba2e60aecc5958e778aea3f89ba6b6c0b31589ece81b6