Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 421e7a0d016197c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-06-26 08:36:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 657ba31ef3c1baab5813ac91ec3cc2b6 SHA-1: f73e641e921a86eae481ee05b81f400a0344c8d6 SHA-256: 421e7a0d016197c16d544c5b47878fb768338c283343d72962d26d1cdd7e03e4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=three+towers+solitaire PDF link annotation
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0de824c80fefb1febf73ea743bd147eb/koporujijemaganixodutaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c76c87a6eca---58097670303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a02f9651ad6---midebebire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--k1akb4c.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/74279792276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e35642fbd---gipijizikaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niszczeniewaw.pl/userfiles/file/63317612129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/51872073573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/19368846919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxflowfans.com/userfiles/file/wisezopem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e01bbdc4065daf4239d89732d888a94e/zonifibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d484a6926d49b59ac5c16611372baea/vobulogin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ffd82ddee1---kurokusawijisolupeforalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d0509ec96---pigifawifozumegixegezekux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pvruv54s9rhqmuvodsdsvqhrjb/40498823577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cf8809a5b9fc284947a3be95c6ce1e5/fizufono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160933fe603f77---dubafiluzig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rheinmotel.com/userfiles/file/44701619226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5f3823f519---74748999084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-0411.com/userfiles/file/20210611111059_9g5jo6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicapoland.pl/uploaded/file/29030977034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stef-nancy.fr/upload/document/24895523398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7b75224377---gakigalegagewigilisuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gb0o6sr4lq1o6t7o37tu9cp5d1/mikefowulasaremojalebil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/13109170998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/99587261623.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_off0000eace.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEACE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000102e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102E0 17224 bytes
SHA-256: e4dc688a4e856b703bb676522df2a654cfd043cbc78ec4561fc330bb0f590901
font_02_sfnt_off00012fd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FD4 10148 bytes
SHA-256: 63a4927d266974256a7df28b648fa92dfd6bb234cc052422e99a0a3352e909a9