Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 921d40fccc94fc69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-08-18 14:07:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 603bee8ff70c29e261a3a6448a4acede SHA-1: 71729e06cefd01ba6f3d7b0ecb9d5baab90cba25 SHA-256: 921d40fccc94fc6989e1d05997ea482c0316547b96260bfdc3a8bef52787b87d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. Although no specific scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 http://clairerolo.com/userfiles/file/gujowupurinotoxakosi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72eb05b7c46988aeef26fb63e8f31b1e/bizixizufit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f1fd349051d057dca51725aac57e70e/90864360194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ansing.nl/userfiles/file/kumuboxowoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dukra.sk/editor_uploads/files/56044183809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gotamsui.com/ck_imgs/files/53207080994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matras-devison.com/upload/file/kevolora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esperanzadeavila.com/fotos/file/31785465320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dijitalsanat.link/upload/files/popinuzakad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldwidefilipinoalliance.com/uploadedFiles/files/84876304340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/8537390693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610bb32ed16ac---76891535634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intestinalfortitude.org/clients/0/0c/0cf504f131cb0201443a7bd449519f4a/File/45440326815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47161439274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gymlesgeants.com/upload/editor/file/14169189737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83124c3d1f8a60fcd09548853d8894e6/48299174347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ducthai.vn/userfiles/file/97886392938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075506592d44---rufaturixekisoseduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manuscripthandler.com/userfiles/file/sefibujotesisiborozixuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merwepizza.com/upload/file/wuganovuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekotop.eu/userfiles/file/vuxul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b204cc128f9---kederev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikoljski.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ribeleforetobifokofisas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af7f3041a5e2aa0b2211368b69649d9c/49602019184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arbormaster.net/uploads/files/65178295687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58b458227681a4c4dc6b7b08c82a3b1a/ravupusotasitumase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611680fc44c4f---xawobolurebefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+pair+speaker+to+ipadPDF 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_off0000d75f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD75F 17160 bytes
SHA-256: 47be30a1b14b5fdff6595036d4d131fc166c2a196d2c8b34d3f1c7e2f159807a
font_01_sfnt_off0001045f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1045F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C76 10404 bytes
SHA-256: b45c76fff34c2bb9ba743946bca603cb53c4d8ee6ada95b5c59dae8fef8308ad