Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2921c66485bc7029…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 00:05:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ad51a2f211f911f9832c3597fe88b645 SHA-1: 6256e11f3a44f24c8018d3429f53a36d3ce0a843 SHA-256: 2921c66485bc702983825ac7e8d1c8ac3679db75c5369e2e79c2eb187d6a9ca3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution by redirecting users through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+face+editing+app+for+android PDF link annotation
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140ffafed29f---78445895414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/zuzexajigeroxatituboja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flamefitnessstudio.com/cewit/images/file/63057080965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brcassociati.com/userfiles/files/83558523847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robedecreateur.com/img/files/gizevunobumurubaragago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theseadiaries.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/direrekegazufevuwararif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khoahoc.timviec365.com/picturesfiles/suwetezup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubin2000-distribuitorshop.ro/userfiles/file/73036393535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b59cbcf0a8---67680400658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebel-moscow.com/content/xuploadimages/file/10069689821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpsguffanti.com/uploads/file/bilokiruzaroduxinawas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kledingindex.nl/images/uploads/26704105374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tumujerrusa.com/userfiles/gopowovugus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbtfilm.com/uploads/files/duxigul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birdwatching.sk/media/file/48553355897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandarinkinesiska.com/userfiles/file/55308212133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimis.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/julatixam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d7ac37c961---1099971307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stitesattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/27473113893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elite-nails.pl/Upload/file/givepuvekusidowunawire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilkconstruction.com/Images/Media/files/12790911024.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_off0000d688.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD688 17864 bytes
SHA-256: f6a12bca6a5577369be81ce8daeae7c608b1480c8bc6cb2761cbcd9a8a9af652
font_01_sfnt_off000104c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104C8 10804 bytes
SHA-256: f8c288b90ffb03cd63e6c1785d22698f5ecb9fdc1271f3f00fee9c55ff6e15d7
font_02_sfnt_off00011da1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DA1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1