Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21bd4b6ecb81b519…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-07-16 12:53:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 69fd4759e309191482ce68cafa0cc145 SHA-1: d20c408f4515db6049fca65ef93357401131a3af SHA-256: 21bd4b6ecb81b519bf5a0ae46e7b54fe5cb746de210355df8a96701f1e237323
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links form a link farm, a common technique used to obscure malicious destinations and potentially distribute phishing content or malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=japanese+encephalitis+vaccine+cost+in+india PDF link annotation
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d8fc73dcec---biwudovukiviwixedow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750285cf760---kufilomisibokafezamobeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/60231679597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ffe05c691---9912968304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/326p1gipoq2mjfqav28gmcf9qd/wekafunekubepuminojovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/nunapofejamufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/62021648734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whsclass1968.com/clients/f/f8/f849445bb2fb8f42e7c863050dc1ba38/File/tumuwaberuwavenewerifefir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbhs1965.com/clients/6/6b/6bdd8f708684a1f547efbf97e1630fe5/File/91609009228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ge-mak.com/files/jaxenadimuzogasovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6bc3k50ccm8osukniqha97pge/86006815769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i24r6ug6shnfgs6kdfuni0j683/dawefuzaxexukasilod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfapilates.pl/upload/file/7642359533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mezmat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kelafurejaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b75eeb03005---7406738010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f21efdcf699fcc6fcee90495086c714/11636151293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungsam.net/userData/board/file/newivapuwimofugevuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-ookuma.com/js/upload/files/xikifigaruxurezogek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46f9821c394c146ac2cc848dc0f6a64a/67119728801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62aae660fe29273de2fac747e7b7ae24/vijedewalofekij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skipjackpoke.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tudenudup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermoulin.com/userfiles/file/29188257567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://derma-dts.de/files/file/73051157452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinogas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/su2taf1370ob3gegic7ukpcc7e/gitifedifojafuxexelesuke.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_off0000f19f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF19F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000109b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109B1 17784 bytes
SHA-256: 73149425ab9fa227b8bf2e2b458f7046131d90b88000ef2b2f04aebf79c96338
font_02_sfnt_off00013868.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13868 10568 bytes
SHA-256: d5131612437a8282a5407a2b6ddfde37a14e10f4b083f5b0f905a1d57239c7c1