Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21e901157ddadd33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 02:42:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e1edea9d5696fc25e99a84e0d7ec9ae4 SHA-1: ff7065a979028945b3e4d0d6fedde8c9e6c0a934 SHA-256: 21e901157ddadd3346ac663b2ee166455baf45164c5d56367a9695b86e0f7c7e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically identified as a phishing trojan. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs, which are designed to host further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://kemxoithanhhang.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/57128558518.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nguyenthaotech.com/upload/files/faranoxorukan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taiwan-tiaya.com/upload/tiaya_official/files/widab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horkolas-gatlas.hu/ufiles/file/vijijimivolafenasovipeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njchemland.com/upload/files/66606291836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.leadercaravans.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jarajejulibatadotejuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaide.org/userfiles/file/ridugademem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34bcfd8dab208b189da1d5068b55a9d7/kinigepun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmt-tw.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/nutamamupiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fu-ko-property-agency.com/webroot/editor-uploads/files/duduwisoligomavujebumuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131ac6da19ac---53422731624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-tlg.com/files/file/fedipulupejojaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzhero-sudzhensk.verlauf-ekb.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kizixizagogud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132843c1d5da---rusoponetofexodomenalul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34514940299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jotekonybakterium.hu/userfiles/files/25151834171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161410d95392b6---71089743508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/543765013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcockeysville.com/uploads/files/motafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parfumerieindex.nl/images/uploads/4705074116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161378e87098c6---pazabimita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://state-lithium.com/upload/files/14470954067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-sportis.com/images/upload/75228537716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theloneranger.tv/clients/loneranger/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41155618312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=use+phone+as+webcam+freePDF 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_off0000df3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF3A 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 31f1a2d4adab0aefac260870fa64402b1d731689cf1a2a16450fe394f4043d9d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f790.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF790 17732 bytes
SHA-256: 8d387ccec65c8bf195ca5d2e0d1b51ccef8f798fafd09a8170c997551c7fc146
font_02_sfnt_off000125d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1