Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b21c17be91e7d817…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-07-15 21:47:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 21f8c91accb794ab7c5a30af1d86eadd SHA-1: 222828694377b92e8effeb4cf510f1cbe0716403 SHA-256: b21c17be91e7d817de2524cee3e0833988425386486ea028a9c08f4a494b6272
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting campaign. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites or the download of additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=woodrow+wilson+was+the+worst+president PDF link annotation
    • https://gachbinhduong.com/upload/file/36945564882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c437e7f4fb1d15cf2436a5ad9d120340/9492742964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/nijikigidit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160786ddf94166---36785749912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/boramarenunofasiwefexeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allmassage.net/upload/file/20210517032036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da30c94b38---74400774091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6b42dd9624---vevogitizojemupapulifek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotaprius-custom.com/js/upload/files/zineguxinuwupomupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89f1d5a860361df4ec9c27932d911bf9/64291481060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f63e9ec92f---setoluse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b37a1ae7d97---bipamubojolimikedifuxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/16088f9df5301a---87100813403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hytechplus.com/userfiles/file/54489325067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7a6fe44553---sifigasumixokejuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a88f480cded---suvuzawarowujej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc4m40lpel6rjoeh2injf184ta/luterevevatekibope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbgpiti.com/userfiles/files/13281173092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyseg.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ronufameta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fed413c09bb51b25c512523854f077c/75551880736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metafelix.it/userfiles/files/soveni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/puxotodixal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/bunuzabafirod.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_off0000fee6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEE6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000116f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116F8 16088 bytes
SHA-256: 4c2961cc2d23e4ea17a40158838cdaf27848171930c9f1012f5489bee72c2a35
font_02_sfnt_off00014048.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14048 10568 bytes
SHA-256: cc1ee226af644e880a53651ded0775df3fa7a904afbea8e327f25ca58daec9ce