Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21cc783e8838bfda…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 19:52:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: bba5b1f66908a7d370f78d1bb460422c SHA-1: cb9b59af413d1f5e10c29bfe3fa72d61884f59b3 SHA-256: 21cc783e8838bfda616e8c991fac4203f2a95967d39b03742ac735fd58ecb9d8
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF document that contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically identified as a phishing trojan. The embedded URLs suggest a tactic of distributing further malicious content or directing users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uc3t94k7shqv6ibpggg1ddfidp/41545421534.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c528cf15b366ac7ef6a2b1fe9031e2a4/10979826141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1e8e27bb3a0ac0042a2e2b4777c7e4f/36333982693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mientaytourist.com/uploads/files/ritaxefosur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alborada.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71711209034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc5f164619---12214865053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0ce397f030---fazirorerasopog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612bb262f2990---fimunijiwagorazojit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad81e251603---2313491926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kymenhome-etsinta.net/tiedostot/files/zekup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e880235b4ac---30402686805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.willmarshelter.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22913198399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brtim.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/folabejenikowigebidigaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgemfoco.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74263383745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udclassof1968.com/clients/74076/File/kulov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116e438661b5---jozubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocigliano.com/userfiles/files/38204948185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/764aac411aa6b6a443440a9eee3b9b53/zedamotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/91612993709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/dilizofatujozij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lss3rk1h5d2ne57o89c711ugf0/52576045048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mdf4c00k98u4rungt0br9ko3nk/sulakakegunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a77cae8f1be---41185410730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=english+speaking+vocabulary+with+meaning+pdfPDF 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_off0000ebaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBAA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000103bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103BC 18468 bytes
SHA-256: 8c7508759d7c8c36e151494ac2ee799452c046c14f828fe345250712de0c23ad
font_02_sfnt_off0001338c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1338C 11648 bytes
SHA-256: 141f678500cbd03663437320d404da7c355312f5c74ecbd81d460b5a430c40de