Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21c7cea145055374…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-09-11 12:26:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: fd8fe5a8c766432b8e82ec79203fd725 SHA-1: 406efd959093e032d593fada803c07ef693d1f54 SHA-256: 21c7cea1450553742a691826406ea31c5930835a427bbc53715fd61d8b64dcbd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using numerous distinct hosts with few links per host, suggesting an attempt to obscure malicious activity. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://ever-progress.com/upload/files/78258662010.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jca-t.com/fck_image/file/26765655918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeshengtecphar.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210902003214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mos-craciun-inchiriere.ro/fckfiles/file/xejusekuritawovumeruwakez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanmuabancongty.vn/images/content/files/20532113101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdtrend.hu/files/file/54122048137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalcareerclub.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/21109278283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citronixdeflection.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/21874939407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pampa.be/uploads/userfiles/files/viberututabogaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaowebsitecomvn.xemlaco.com/uploads/files/naxumatoniwiwokeluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://illustrations.noche.fr/images/files/kosifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hidrometa.com/images_upload/files/jitiziwofusar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delaneyllc.cfonewsletter.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gogofovuxoxakabimon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613170001ca09---6457797799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f10b5bfa70---79197046225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincitydata.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/32007655188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.darvidproperty.com/news/file/76137042387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f637cb959b---lonafimufazamawiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photonics-science.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mowopitago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volvo-cars.jp/js/upload/files/faxobuxosigusanefexetawer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadianrockies.ca/files/file/49376449137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alliance-bio.com/user_data/editor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/zipitidefagopijawukidoted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avs-market.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92716461447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assessmentinsight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65462329210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gulfcoastlist.com/userfiles/file/kibavekagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161343c94cdffe---pujekamupelufiluxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativetechno.in/userfiles/file/78848544191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=battleground+mobile+india+apk+downloadPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e689.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE689 11036 bytes
SHA-256: 5aa5c366b1da14abbf65b497bde55eb9a729275329516d161e1de4da21dc4c30
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFD0 19576 bytes
SHA-256: 84a5269c5c65289ee84415ea60339d626f9f82f23da66ba02324e7aa5c9ac74a
font_02_sfnt_off000132ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1