Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c121de219a8c6561…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 19:57:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 2da20a719da4728fb4815530274d8802 SHA-1: 6bb74262144c04e2f791c0577430e6f5d6edc54d SHA-256: c121de219a8c6561f7f9dfae3195ddf86320291f60b2a816699ab5de69b7e8e3
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, employing an image-only design with clickable actions to redirect users to external URLs. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised or disposable hosting services strongly suggests malicious intent. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the classification as malicious, likely serving as a downloader or redirector for further stages of an attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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 69 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e16d6b4609c---rawepejamalajososera.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mobeligo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4356a1d0e---joluseselewun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyoujin.com/UploadFile/file/20210805102643706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikoi-es.club/yamituki-n/uploads/files/46595301763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/6975473940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9g5lioggtkdvup10uc4fet5e01/zotukomuvegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/73665116238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087150c19022---vuzazowizuraxupabirepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lg-palette.com/upload/files/98421178047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1609b1b1a313c8---87216751066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandtouristcorporation.com/uploads/86027661421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ef81e16afb---lenaxopimubusamat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c479a1982c0---84858470269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maivietnamesecotati.com/uploads/files/wefukovagifekulibewifizoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkpneu.cz/userfiles/file/digeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easyreturn.store/userfiles/file/29385142710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3866e52ac5c74337e273ad46e6004162/30377847263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolka-wiercioch.pl/files/file/81487875373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alcantara.cz/data/file/sezopomerafiwuwib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frutapac.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93578362085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d21d10f845613569a32b66cfec363f0a/timojemelagezomubixedefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evola.it/userfiles/files/jotusetezuxopiwovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=circular+habit+tracker+pdfPDF 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_off0000b507.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB507 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD19 14348 bytes
SHA-256: 101a86ba3aa5c052fef35b9e6fdd97447bda2bfdb3195777bd6197877493c759
font_02_sfnt_off0000f03f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF03F 10688 bytes
SHA-256: bbbeadc0740cd2307188386ea9fad286048109d52a51340facfed08e87d3e0d4