Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 821f1219222f571f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.4 KB Created: 2021-07-03 13:06:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 8bab1208a8a642d1aa4d65375888a7bb SHA-1: 0cdd6281a763db1f8ce3a8f0308f96e2f8b97f70 SHA-256: 821f1219222f571f0d665ab24c4417c445fb18d0564d336ffeaf1139d82e5ff8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, but the heuristic firings clearly point to a link-based attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/moikdb7anu7o7gc8e24j8ogqs8/47705379795.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kheops-so.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/viwukoduvepanumexomajin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jqnqsim7qfigm2j3gaps819imf/55275266181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a24de6bb96---dujonupaxuril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amuseonline.com/absite/userfiles/file/20045295945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawaniint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43458316823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--z4qq44i.tw/upload/actfiles/miloxijofomifukigiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creteservices.com/FCKeditor/userimages/file/fomebevibepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb2a7f8b1e930e962d2054c88ca3b2f4/71472976997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac191ae4533---32266074815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiovannone.com/userfiles/files/84736033660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7795ab3210fe1fc155e32cc072f42fef/joxopurakenejatirogenotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca02b5aa709---fegexagamupukelujurid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5c5863cb1---tolet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ef15a3521e---foganaguxuxaxinabupib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f71e8bbfecb8a6953fee80b4c0c1e8c/953608322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ud2-140.com/files/zofabarimukazemewetetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ba74d43307---wasapanofifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edbcagliari.it/file/53754314541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatugigo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91782846684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyags.com/editorResources/file///fedodakimopilip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d39acb9a555---zuganazewirupojajotibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e2021985b2a5335dcafe25a3427dbaa/buvewulovis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soalmatematik.com/userfiles/file/57696452181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=american+singer+and+songwriterPDF 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_off0001064e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1064E 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 8de9323edc45c2d72fd750cc5489d6c90625df9e51b4606a0965a2cac246893a
font_01_sfnt_off00011ed6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ED6 19080 bytes
SHA-256: 308a14459cf3334d373b18524f06664a178e7463de249a316f0e1457c9be0c8f
font_02_sfnt_off00015032.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15032 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1