Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 421b6c8d1debfd73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.9 KB Created: 2021-08-15 22:57:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 719db36aa531d0ecc5ad1ccdedad155a SHA-1: 4b2a6a37232d9be38a3dff01d69925b409c15aa8 SHA-256: 421b6c8d1debfd737e114dbc7ba1101003a29efc850142a62dcf9987cc85b4dd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eef3b37500d11de6aba885e509d687de/60988257877.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://doctorchina168.com/upload/files/gupuxitukawokek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102f9e7592c0---guzaxasolazalisuvotekat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamkinhdoanh247.com/upload/files/29755814452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zatacorp.com/upload/files/zerinodesovunulifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokozentrale.de/idata/nepejulupisoguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/lodiribejobokituzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609277b991f8f---53803842363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9esc7nerkbskclu9d20dila60f/25866845516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhihoangvinh.com/uploads/userfiles/file/vobasurelasutisufof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8kgu8ebtqatftbaf3c93re7kvn/84118600084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiahijau.com/contents//files/fukimugud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac1444024ee---37726933229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/21412651468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianspringhomes.net/userfiles/files/pisegomoxovar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607590a94bf09---waxapexumexasedizeretuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menlopark.com/wysiwygfiles/file/kotegegigiwegebiguwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1bc133893b---91388719863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/88746733849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a87749f861---zodukekexane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daqing-jewelry.com/uploads//files/202108101747563041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aan.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55610304581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pelicanfinancialnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kukemis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093399e6226e---68845635356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=spanish+numbers+worksheets+for+beginners+pdfPDF 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_off0000facc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFACC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000112e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112E3 11392 bytes
SHA-256: 04f24f7ec83c1a7f7b8a48645d8f882df566df831fc8e52446dba57fd194add4
font_02_sfnt_off00012d2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D2B 18660 bytes
SHA-256: c4a92a90b016d86fa00e457adc4bb0a1951ab61a4e8987b06c1092f1ba013440