Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21bb566d3a1fdfe4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-09-26 17:57:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 91faf422c74785c2efccc65e1424e03d SHA-1: 447730c5f50974cfb90b3f51807bb724b6c88376 SHA-256: 21bb566d3a1fdfe432fdf82dc06a8b0c0d246e4a35c45fb2d69e8916eaed1193
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. The numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting, indicate a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV and ML classifiers also flagged this PDF as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=atari+800+emulator+android PDF link annotation
    • http://ominocoibaffi.it/userfiles/files/89897411740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laser-piskovani.cz/democms/userfiles/file/40399252346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thic.muki001.com/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kaxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newsale.linyn.mobi/upload/ckeditor/pages/files/lujejuliwurowimalalopujin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00a16594e0a21f7b98dee71509a1a9e8/33551533558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texinpack.com/uploadfile/file///2021090514481283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/29369241274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poaglasses.com/uploads/files/202109091002557580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vevugulefenopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-chat.tw/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40439714255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livre-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64858129667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erh-hu.com/userfiles/file/nabejaxufuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoncmswebsitebeheer.nl/files/editor/file/ruwulefokoralawino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49860856083c1ac7f8b68c0e37021671/77013544360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myflora888.com/ck_files/files/54960272398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qqfd5gsaj9hihiagb761pedk17/28913880065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zhansq.cn/upload/file/43151857332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vfuo3rv1u4ktr0go8um1093eb6/40670014254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phucatgarment.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16497330620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b934464830---64547767596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/romatesiruguzitara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfwofficial.com/ck_imgs/files/51812414334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martensmgt.com/business_school/uploads/file/jorezavofavejabalugolazov.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_off0000b662.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB662 18128 bytes
SHA-256: 9d669ccc1ab3df7a4fde6d2d0d07da6a94c0fb63116fe08031dc95d8c2a1fa22
font_01_sfnt_off0000e468.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE468 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC7F 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 8c33e5ed4dcd00a50d015baeaabce8d725574430d3c13ed4bfd005016be6d7ad