Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b21c62426ab27435…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:29:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ca001bea98a528aac3a9410a0112f524 SHA-1: c4fbf98875905e6f1c64dc8aff132fe6cd96ac36 SHA-256: b21c62426ab27435e8c7bc772479f18ac82f018e3d879dc31485add2bdb95ed6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to PDF files hosted on various domains. Several heuristics indicate this is a link farm, with some links pointing to compromised WordPress uploads. The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by heuristics, suggests potential malicious scripting capabilities within the PDF. ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://richfieldhighschool1969.com/clients/868116/File/zazag.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vinag7furniture.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/20989709112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/timapovojituluwuzuzibop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valve-toho.com/userfiles/file/xavitegisagusasusapozar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ty-universe.com/image/files/20210708_090704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7j3hp70bvfei6r1pdbuqjqqmb0/jokifesipapijap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toroisg.com/public/images/files/11500884939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lednotice.com/userData/board/file/vosefurufesuvako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circolosilverblufitnessclub.eu/userfiles/files/18567884322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/fumerurifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikuma-car.com/js/upload/files/xufolojagaxesufaxefiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smitheaster.org/clients/861344/File/48774067104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1jc3t7ltrd5gsjuurrl812p61h/rarejuven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipnjl.com/userfiles/files/karunuxonurawol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misspacificus.com/clients/873634/File/papawonosesujesoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.arborvitae.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sokipikinugotowopasozal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d1e0205a5---lutejolevoxovunugubote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3400b3322ea87ad603835277dce5a77c/30892267512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/150ff60c0245359442c6459c96f79970/89919301449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a09cae4825d---8720083314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58f1739a55bcfd46da40899c42c58e59/52605857892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e9018871be---dujibezexafodokobujarip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kadvisb80j0ao13tuck5tdvevs/ruzawikebuxobup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=discrete+mathematics+and+its+applications+solutions+8thPDF 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_off0000ccc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCC7 11088 bytes
SHA-256: c542daf006541b8042fa36659f55e9f4d98cddc87f3dfb6f70cfaaf6d6e4f772
font_01_sfnt_off0000e670.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE670 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE82 16996 bytes
SHA-256: a4a5d34ced2efcaef7ecb4ade67b336140ba6b4f2592d92b3db1e2b41d3d5232