Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a21f668a724325bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-09 19:14:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: f7d524ca3427a1805c83c941c16c2053 SHA-1: 89872da325bf4a4de3f43ef9251f67662efd5d9b SHA-256: a21f668a724325bc14ba2681e44eba9a756120795a23d70bda0108303c53425d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable binary data.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mntcrb9ek16fhg07053rfsj3u7/94564715154.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b12a720370f---pobotefiregasabijoxoved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v5rfm39781enjmrc60u4chqaf9/jawolomodoxogikuxopaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bamor.org/userfiles/file/mofubozituzalujopapod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb8d21ce17---rifefiwizukozutiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/86245245655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madonnina.info/userfiles/files/fawaxusobebeninasilup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f574e2ba686c6f159525c51836661e80/47691271778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946496ab3d9---livitavud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tryinvest.eu/userfiles/files/mepep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebates.forex/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5krq0vfogi0fqklhgt24iaag84/tosesufazarinexugafixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/322985828ae4d4fba5818953c02cd5bb/kimevurora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/64300179133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanoscopy.ru/uploads/files/96756530097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f5dc69d291---puwilebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hydro-tg.pro/upload/file/19214156952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cz-synergy.cz/data/file/90613089565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nappsa.org/userfiles/file/69993834758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopignotti.it/userfiles/files/jugorokufarorixalanubituj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/modokizetejuzavevebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edh931qnf6jt16g9n8sjjo17qj/11851815419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemoroidklinigi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160747aff64ec9---tatavadakemupetubilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609caa766da4b---4651605828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=family+and+friends+class+book+4PDF 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_off0000e6c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fedf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEDF 10940 bytes
SHA-256: d7d661103dc3b74d76e68e2cf19337b9b72bc24a7a5cef864398b271d857afe3
font_02_sfnt_off0001182d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1182D 17132 bytes
SHA-256: f986ab9e93613087355421cbbaf50a4977833c8dbfd18344f22b4da9c0cd54d3