Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab2821c5bc56f953…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.8 KB Created: 2021-09-19 18:10:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 14b9931599cfe837ca960d318efb91d8 SHA-1: 02ef661f483fde1a4fe486f4d4090571545cd29f SHA-256: ab2821c5bc56f95394adb91d5fb169554b99d5b9c01333b8c431dd7547b8622a
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The document's structure and content indicate it's designed to deceive users into clicking links, likely for credential harvesting or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=new+free+fire+app PDF link annotation
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e01o3r29plhg8tvmg2knc6q4iq/37482036004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef0ed0c0af6a27c1e4c71689301ea05c/39648453202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heart-calligraphy.com/uploads/files/202109081745039655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsqnchem.com/upload/files/zarolukobitevirax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sana-anong.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/2679674781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-vehicle.net/js/upload/files/voreji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aor9uardff6bt9en4it38be3g7/76595625177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idosekotthonaveresegyhaz.hu/files/files/dederajafomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://larben.cz/media/images/upload/file/75296121595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614178b8a3768---94391297605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://texigo.tw/upfile/files/2021/09/16/81671780440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeykrishnaclub.com/images/file/19854713606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tennis94.fr/img/pics/files/91662875175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aljuboori.com/userfiles/files/bowamifiredezurawebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelascanu.it/uploads/file/54683482532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laps.pl/userfiles/file/sotevizegutusokitofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chnli.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/lexizewiporixuwiwozezuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144cd5243b97---zilovowovibenotamumum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regalmotors-jp.com/js/upload/files/36614790823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1r8b1njv8o41j3aqisttrc4s0p/rituxewoxepobijijizape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diysmart.net/userfiles/file/konepozisilavuzuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caogenzhiben.com/filespath/files/20210904150735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161309db842a09---wevadavejegol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/nelasinakezamulisareju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://i-intelli.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80434939961.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_off0000b0cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0CB 9880 bytes
SHA-256: cd8f53ebd241221b9dcbdd183de1f98e7005060c95384881f6f879d081b4227b
font_01_sfnt_off0000c6b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6B5 14188 bytes
SHA-256: b5e8cda6ca5f8cdc94e16da094c80dec3140d7f99726c160c260ce609a68a2d0
font_02_sfnt_off0000e9df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1