Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21f18960014732e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:21:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e26f2b4ff822768eb988bc16f61d37e7 SHA-1: 46270b4480986ead3d5f58ed47218069fccf95b5 SHA-256: 21f18960014732e6fe2326427575d1dce21f3a4d1a6e06dc39a5f4a77f9a0593
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to external sites for further exploitation. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9be90087c0f55fba30126e3e6428dd65/87984733069.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9452e5fb6e---losam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gs64tfl8813145dp5eg7kgac61/90510901526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95f980716d---53184985443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecowaytechnologies.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81587503210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artstudiodesign.it/userfiles/files/38780933570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/xidamobeniwika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veewood.com/file_media/file_image/file/xinuwofofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a492892b076---29060417753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.serge-valentin.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sizoforulilaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8768266242---kifafedafesenegijegitar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1snrpaulista.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54899286626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anglometais.com.br/adm/Editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/visarusupokexisud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitarasign.ir/data/file/xumimumefajuviwumojel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skupka54.ru/upload/m/jisenuvip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7a6c0be7e1ff0e6e01d5107b9413026/56572140693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bd3512bed0---94155775862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/887283c3dd0829b82bc1bac366934768/zosimikinokojaneju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d71a78879---99887684164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polandpools.com/contents//files/80632028133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurumakaitori-one.com/js/upload/files/7839436793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aromamarketing.md/img/files/roguzetotoxujowirovofane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mpressivelabels.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/toteworigazugerowuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=massey+ferguson+35x+user+manualPDF 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_off0000bee1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBEE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6F3 17036 bytes
SHA-256: 07bea4f39fc4c7faf75c068dfaa521dbe3aeeb0415c60615bd4e0ddf8f585352
font_02_sfnt_off0001031a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1031A 10984 bytes
SHA-256: ae43ea885978b90348b623dacf03722cd477d33add4ec98db45a4124d3bac036