Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21be2681a2cd6dec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-06-30 23:46:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 795ff561f5750ec5ed5839806169a504 SHA-1: b228c09e3249a9ad247388b3e4a36c4e8154e1b6 SHA-256: 21be2681a2cd6decfdbe436933c5df79c5d4e8d7f618f5e1f57fa2d44ad73eee
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links. No scripts were extracted, but the heuristic firings and URL analysis are sufficient to determine the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=social+structure+theory+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/18863529774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a5febf35b9---pufoxefaluxizapatonim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ge-mak.com/files/56945929244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logistra.fr/ressource/site-image/files/rigajedivek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf8b2567efc---popojetafus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bafiti.com/sklep/userfiles/file/gejamew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac9b1712938---48738315303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfbbbc1b43---bekijufotufudeteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jln5hu8bp9pkdr1um2fsi0lgk2/sozezomalobowivemunisumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magooferta.pl/uploads/fck/file/tedowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archerelectricsupply.com/userfiles/file/kepebipizabunetolepota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c84f72eaa68---27398077531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97016e4871cfd608c8467a3d35368dd2/85764134768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ded32ba16---sedixuruvaxugisozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c30b1560773---55852277426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cad30ec1c15db0b6e3ab25c23493d27/lazojeluripudasogimigite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uralinteh.com/uploads/files/jurudovekezemezon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlxzkj.com/uploads/file/142012245294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8afb9e596---36135162091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd2178e195---watupowunogubazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kh4769m4d4ovi82akev1loqm9h/lagupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costanzolegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/81020315694.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_off0000f57a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF57A 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 7df191d1b91d4781c9ac68e8a679bb3d721e4b02823b80fb5f7167a55bf7bba8
font_01_sfnt_off00010eda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EDA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000126ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126EC 16288 bytes
SHA-256: eb86c6f45e585a7f729ac8078f27f526fdb2df7d032dee905ee78e0fb998ffcd

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