Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21ddab3c64a2296a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 08:02:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f6f36164aa2ee9edb2a06f904179608d SHA-1: 29bc4e683b8ee4e8761696f4a2ec804fba3ccc5d SHA-256: 21ddab3c64a2296a97d3a76dacbda5a9fbcf77af3f2fe47df37ba5eb7505aa3d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code or redirect the user to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=vedic+mathematics+book+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d04ib6dc08rnr1u0brosajja8/14607164690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newchat.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46213389406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/197066138460c6ae531cd33.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081389c1edc4---81812890096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c691d79fc---luvuwataxajituzapikipiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe81f40bed---xilod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thic.muki001.com/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zekuxunolopejevin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgpreceptor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuxusuwowuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loadcell.vn/Images_upload/files/duvopodemukowutuxokepaxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/jifiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/83435436685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d52b201997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ef7ee08482---gododakok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d463df6df---20236481033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncallanatomist.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mepufifaxasakupuwuzos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0529c43b89ade12ee4624bec8cb60a64/50600439578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietxetai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0gp0rfdfcj7gqtcuvru2dgtj2f/fisot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kmkmekanik.com/upload/ckfinder/files/lopezusane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radio-kum.si/data/files/16568959903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cr2tek.com/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/gurerugopevubibif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d16d07ae9b---tujixexitalexibidilepes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090fe4af0780---37053532362.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_off0000db76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB76 11072 bytes
SHA-256: 0a52ea23e878474d07dad6ec223a702bb0c0a06bc06d7dc07efcf6253f10c130
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4E3 16972 bytes
SHA-256: 51209c847266b14c65ec50cd39e7f1e95037fcacdc19d834d0f270a3461009cf
font_02_sfnt_off000120b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1