Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b21ab1b3022246b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.1 KB Created: 2021-07-16 06:07:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d2143f985fcbebb7de09348dba0caed3 SHA-1: 4b16c416b136cb599cae67878efb047ce9bce87b SHA-256: 2b21ab1b3022246b21020f8f0546e4b6340e48c87dad88393df43ce645049db0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous external URIs pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content or phishing sites, leveraging SEO poisoning tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9756

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=classroom+of+the+elite+light+novel+2nd+year+volume+1 PDF link annotation
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c303247f27f---53218294264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090104ea93be---kuxigiwajikegizap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/gurebonejuporomemojes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dcd82339c8d5472315746a4e449acc8/23112557759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160883adb688d0---gugejubelapugojosegorosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbabd7752ec5d0c394247283ce3f91db/gavebojovaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8j2a4d9pc9gupamof57dmgvg2/58613741027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a1514bc2b3---kifagiwum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.fr/file/zolorogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcf5f46668f---peganusiluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/11400541819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608405fbc3742---79983971311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ffb8a9824c---45071919776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/76961561078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ff17caa2ffd2a649d59ae4d0f2fae5c/29731532071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b16f559985d---sewupinevigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/66167748181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9185788500---67636925156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/jawazatuvosogoxiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791afbcdaec---siwajiviwosemapogusox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newoptic.mn/uploads/files/81434111995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bouwservicewinthagen.nl/userfiles/image/file/fitazopanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mbj0b9pmn4a5dmoinamo5j17pd/14112018848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tragiaocolamsapa.com/userfiles/image/file/rutepofalajasewomuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3a78c54de9---5602562101.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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000116c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116C2 18868 bytes
SHA-256: 3c6cd6130fb1b6105eeaf096e9f11c6bdedcf5ffc9cbb6c1c43dd66c6b6ab741
font_01_sfnt_off000148f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148F8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001610f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1610F 11284 bytes
SHA-256: e44f8cbac3aadde892ad50ca8b4c54665588fe1d0f425dd4c3ae19788b6e43f4
font_03_sfnt_off00017b47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17B47 16168 bytes
SHA-256: 50601d38bbfb31df5a1b3982eb0fe59d20de9ab40e473d01bb43e96a7897edd2
font_04_sfnt_off000190d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x190D9 2484 bytes
SHA-256: 0b13f7aa44b51d4656e0765a368c3d35212ae4b93c9a7766994e0aaca6cf290a