Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21e735600c42db50…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-09-17 03:59:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 882ffae5db396bed7bb4d297cc7567b5 SHA-1: f24281bb4557837e2e5f564ffa8c085f9419b69a SHA-256: 21e735600c42db50a48d61cce265cbe2ab4cd40c6723a3a79dd23851c6b36d26
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://pastelbuilders.com/userfiles/file/63394817426.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ebiocell.com/uploadfile/file///2021090214530374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxmeterthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76591933200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161369c2b2181a---63772874892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietkeweblongan.com/upload/files/63382768889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdwatch.net/upload/files/2021091704232024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collegium-connect.nl/ckupload/files/muleworofelupemakase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caudafotografia.com/userfiles/files/90297785339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614307f77fc31---61873991215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133af18f081d---85722677766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wskinbody.com/data/boardData/files/wiguxavinobabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhz.cz/user-files/solomimejapulokewolopazif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicomancini.eu/userfiles/files/vogowepubufogizomanujon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614272026cb42---negegakovulogaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullhousetourism.com/UploadFiles/file/20210909230752155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34919901452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ustunongel.com/image/files/43094929326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doktor-ara.com/userfiles/files/xilutenosolevekixazubik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtpokebar.com/uploads/files/juvujotojeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hai-bi.com/uploads/files/202109111904243214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prtourusa.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210906_2616E8F20A44A134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puzynowska-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/68810769634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=ironman+3+game+for+android+free+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_off0000b5f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5F2 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 025671ec05e3ed9e196af5f3d02e5339c4fca31eeea046afbdb4dc0f7004089d
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE18 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e62a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE62A 15088 bytes
SHA-256: a1133eb9af8a289dfe449cf299d1d14e30977d89c4b84833033c2f6356cde9ca