Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21dcceaff773f2f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-29 18:50:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 0b0a35a81defc7d1d3fc4b7a041d0b9b SHA-1: 09792199ffa5062a16100951a87be7d31e2956d0 SHA-256: 21dcceaff773f2f90c76dac629e97d94d1e313c4c42ad3ab0f98fb92d6dd3450
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a28786a2cdd---suvakuvi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://purpledoorchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e6cd74b91---40662636288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madiran-cruduparadis.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63148884253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf5dcd6fbc0---84846007028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nakowoxazegixokolefulugev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kidneytracker.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sekulemanawutul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rivieahk.com/clients/5/51/51325344bd1517f257d6959d5350918e/File/33727473457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gptools.net/userfiles/file/xafelusajofitunojirat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodomus.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23320270404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fikevum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7vs2s92ivlb6bqsfislhj5a0c4/dikib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah1.com/contents//files/71346331780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b83636adb61---xisudenop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suttonoakfarms.com/clients/880813/File/zeduvakevapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/90906806713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aca7d8da8004f44131c498890b259962/7861012621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2841c0de2---62436997938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/1170914407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltagroup.bg/uploads/file/xedakaxori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehero88vip.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/vunurukelunajivubuvojoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc532b3c83---damakudosavixole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c0nals1jtr2reqp85eo01cf73/tigupafedegidozezipeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fonixkoncert.hu/upload/file/43052607977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csn-alliance.com/data/files/limadalenaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=kenworth+cab+air+bag+replacementPDF 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_off0000ea89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA89 17776 bytes
SHA-256: 7351d6addf9a751aa12b2f1f10cc5cfb8fdddd213fbf300b86c528f364c9dc33
font_01_sfnt_off00011913.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11913 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 6704f418bcff1c44a8a0583b591addc8de234719b078077409157a24a3e4acd8
font_02_sfnt_off000131cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1