Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 221c3f2006e55b46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-09-09 14:22:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ec89f9a35a2e4649b527eb61bc0adee8 SHA-1: 2d28b0b045ea8886ea180678cac600a196aeb29a SHA-256: 221c3f2006e55b4629e83338031ed225c5a331633cc6f3be202ed58e5daccdd4
192 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9897

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://kmkmekanik.com/upload/ckfinder/files/dabudumake.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://royalgoodviewresort.com/Uploads/file/xonovusezijujexefemedef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toptoptraining.ru/img/upload/file/4952713413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wlpp.net/images/blog/file/mimeridefub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joinsocialbubble.com/cake/beta/userfiles/file/zugoxisisafajisuwikepak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinyezi.cn/upload/pujarikedomopilomuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamkmori.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83732830181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ghnservizi.com/file/823197283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pes.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fixojobifono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepokewave.com/uploads/files/63752948269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rigassprotes.lv/uploadz/file/pefesopixadapebonumuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613983587b523---62243036353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135af8f48f1c---lodunorumepamirenumebesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asesoriagade.com/app/webroot/files/files/27346839143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajnnuhiddje.se/userfiles/file/52128019867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riversedgefm.com/files/file/82230403189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowenlawmt.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/wuwamaliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jooli.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85739426986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daisin1977.com/js/upload/files/zopakozatesizekerarot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n443vttvv3hjgaqu39ch6uq431/zoposanazekedopaketexune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megat.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/31907622912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bio-obst-und-gemuese.de/userfiles/file/88728863699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxqcgs.net/filespath/files/20210905014836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://used-machinetools.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/34511569362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavillonwohlen.ch/userfiles/files/7418548689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prunay-en-yvelines.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kufiganudetavevat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/paxisikusate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=nonton+film+avengers+endgame+onlinePDF 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_off000100dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100DC 19708 bytes
SHA-256: 9487328449922e8f001ef3dd1522b050d5d447a78cb354c4b7a50dc3edee2deb
font_01_sfnt_off00013490.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13490 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014ca7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CA7 10740 bytes
SHA-256: e5beece0cbd4a41548e8a8a4a81a9ab13b07eae497a776754f05ede75b9cc12c