Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21bdf8a3e8067e8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:16:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 1f59cfd53e97194cf7bc46905f27fccf SHA-1: 6f06e863d5b42b0b7d28c2ee24a9ef6d1d43134e SHA-256: 21bdf8a3e8067e8a6d08e94817fa14bd2a9c50d2fcfbbc8d379c3a1efccbf5f8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript and external links likely serve to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=drenaje+linfatico+manual+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d383a95965---boleresolaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f5d6e991c1---dadexel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf94191d7ea---kemikoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stsmcc.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lenokubokev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talentfuturesservices.com/sharpinstitute/images/files/mupiwinofulanugikad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuadepthanglong.com/images/ckeditor/files/fumibefenegufuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1adrijbbb.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/ritaxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc53db64ef04b39acb62187f26099786/bolanevexamagax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e543cb0bcb59b7a9c780a51e5fa55b99/48897496271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f45c89bbd9---zogeziki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amd-export.com/site/upload/file/28855654386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea141a4c86119a6f0fcfbe7e473d1342/dosazorafedumobolurupebuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dec569c33f---5116682798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7fecf7cee356fec1698a81088d8a5c6/fitesezupigumiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kar360.com/resimler/files/janasati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be415f54384---xozekelokonadalefekumote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://navoloki.mebel18.com/uploads/files/jujubafago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doradcyprawni.com/images/pliki/94578592545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cachnhietwin.com/luutru/files/wozudavoxozuxerawevabim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/xezut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panegovernance.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/file/36013081347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f7a894aa9005295b0eb1af284ad651b/20442102747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161190e380f363---27609529928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matchonusa.com/uploads/files/92681945722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8f427dd37d2a39988438d7b2585f5dc/75450080438.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_off0000b559.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB559 14728 bytes
SHA-256: 9c47385a679bcbd2e5c2f737c910da4f55c8eaf66301061ff76d762e30674447
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1BD 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 2844eb26ca07df1c2dcd20c33d6e32b276b1bb3863c8e7f5d41515c85b2f9dc4