Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21c3128d7f3c5dc4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 18:28:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c7ca588f3e523d1ba2bfdbf468ce26b9 SHA-1: ddf3f2661e18e7d048d8a1c81acbb6bc35a4cd5c SHA-256: 21c3128d7f3c5dc4b8e70f2991dbc02ac558c4afb4e0236d127c272f2a005b59
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards a malicious PDF designed to exploit user trust.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=customer+service+management+process+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://isvpro.com/custom/files/76941529368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hayatteknoloji.com/webimage/file/kenupazeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emilygrilltogo.com/uploads/files/44031485337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://savitravel.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23698524003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e8360d8cb9---8226458431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renault-service.com/userfiles/73499435257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fernandopelosini.it/userfiles/files/vagemogiwasaxidogarako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c88c6fdf13365608226404a13bb89f90/fisajotuxofulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3kp1un8n82eceml4gddm33jo8m/89222254022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gancza-yacht.pl/userfiles/file/3939019727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betonkeritesek.eu/Content/files/degej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://damnoen.com/ckfinder/pho/files/xaluperadivedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turar-mussin.com/userfiles/File/7567205707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wib24-admin.de/uploads/file/davigadaniwodiwaxebasefim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmarlboropike.com/uploads/files/kukipemefijakukufekarewem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-automation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/laputaxaxugos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koncnc.com/genelresimler/file/50847599696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//kinerosomopaveziguzubawos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowenlawmt.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zoviguxedalijaranuzexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f8ef86e7cd---nuselugifosigudesoduzepaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/6885268887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55f2791d59997b167554033476926995/momaponamuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haidangpc.com/contents/files/jenofexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44jg0qvlqt0gmsfn0fngr711gn/tasapuwewebepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d41b58a0e3---vovilosavisino.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_off0000eac8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAC8 16516 bytes
SHA-256: 61a24596878694aecc1c1564a7a06949e0f738ce147e0ae35c71923be1438a72
font_01_sfnt_off00011521.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11521 11112 bytes
SHA-256: e4ee9a29336035e6b0385d880b38d34c6aa8837119429875d5211fc323b00fd8
font_02_sfnt_off00012ef4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1