Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e21eba25adb8a6f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.9 KB Created: 2021-08-11 10:54:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 9a90225f02eed56f4da62d88378a8552 SHA-1: a916c1dddae6bda8cc90f223090c27e305c3320f SHA-256: e21eba25adb8a6f2b4235e4e1a9ad4c5ae12ffc85074d795f16fd368c2f2164b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a likely phishing or malicious redirection campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to distributing further malware or leading users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9896

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 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.
  • 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 http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/xesurarotukovasewi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c9443b2966---gifodepabanotetixuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dku3d82m8lps70qahtgmgt9mq/mizawozaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riccaassociati.eu/userfiles/files/faxiwamujugipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e44911b8d81fa56a25943c3812f8b0da/vajuzafozekawod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4256bdd65d83e72d6076cafa5f6dc55/59312213449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb07ed73ebfe453f4d6a3e7306dcc492/tasizunivil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plentis.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/widozazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f07550d232---rakilazopager.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160983bbd78a63---ledowafejiravuruxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p9qiup0qjcnmmli0h3f8rbin7j/desulaluzisowapomapeluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generaltubi.com/container/ckfiles/files/toxako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitree.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/totijirosasenilebepimavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarvodayasamaj.uk/upload/files/jiliwodukepuzananojigenos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyo-sanritsu.com/userfiles/file/54741007317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centreforeffectivecoaching.com/media/file/42978617175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shidoremicrosys.com/media/xolirurupozud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b6a9edad484411d658952472c68b985/95304144872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ffafbff3d13---33813711248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alapan.org/fckimages/file/94231550563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/41748609261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yasacompany.com/upload/files/79039556672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dpp2d0r5ihs521hv2l8kv05uh4/toviwipaxovobaledovuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nenkin-t.com/upload_img/ck/files/dakabuweritekol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/didarexijapowigapux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipsyclinic.com/userfiles/file/20210714055822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=ny+medicaid+dme+fee+schedule+2020PDF 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_off00015504.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15504 10752 bytes
SHA-256: f8e2d242a1855331da4b0cecb921105f469e0ed4dae9303b0ce6684e35e9b1ed
font_01_sfnt_off00016dc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16DC8 19032 bytes
SHA-256: 46579bfa6a325147675a07c234ab1300390b90e6298aae063aadbf2b986b8d08
font_02_sfnt_off0001a0d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A0D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1