Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b21472e6bbeaac86…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 21:30:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4ded1d1c35a10ccd600de67378928675 SHA-1: caf2dbfc96ab508848985b343f2352aa7cb170a9 SHA-256: b21472e6bbeaac86498741df42fe15205cbfa7fc220636491f9af15a20876422
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the link farm structure point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=humoresque+flute+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://alt-1c.ru/userfiles/file/sapabuzimulenumewun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrarontani.it/userfiles/files/82197544946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607919ce17833---87194053232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yjsyrj.com/userfiles/file/66570323137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/zufowexalad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42aef301da3b92c8d46e2de5501191c9/3871956237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/mekiwuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608138ee2ea92---peretokutofuruwetemit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99a008fb261a2685a795277a838cb991/90784439288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saaegfpolis.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jikefiputaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/ruvomamatawawun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orhs76reunion.com/clients/30721/File/wovorizemofuvimowumez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adci.vn/data/upload/file/12867518152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba2646402d---96156304359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/40397455658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saptabangunmanunggal.com/indomobils/upload/file/gexigovin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/vuzuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810f4244dc0---wuvakixam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecogestval.com/userfiles/file/vozadofebijabukonisujam.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://txextremecarts.com/userfiles/file/24919678535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailitara.lt/bites/uploads/file/jibidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondoIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • 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_off0000cba7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBA7 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 3882996964f9c74c1284827ace821a89c64a4e46eb8728091650ce478dc0584d
font_01_sfnt_off0000e370.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE370 18372 bytes
SHA-256: 326329e06c03e6db87ab1d5477f45f44c31aedf3571ccfd20648017fe1e01e37
font_02_sfnt_off0001133f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1133F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1