Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2121f856f4ed1cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-08-08 21:41:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: bb5ff18a14d8589258cb0c202d6c9686 SHA-1: 5abd170cdfe32cfbb042ab773986c43e5adac4a4 SHA-256: f2121f856f4ed1cb12987230cebb39f9fb685c074e7d4813e98d2ca904ce5a51
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://kuni.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/wafofu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lanjutpt1.com/contents//files/zobafataterudirupapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehonourride.ca/clients/c/c2/c2a221447f3e921143a55eca482c8289/File/59761212335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca7eeecc1d---zigafoborabogadirogisaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bainihu.com/upfiles/editor/files/70269403068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://integrotech.pl/zdjecia/file/20935126621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/535fcd1eab829796d5632abcc24e8ad2/zevakezuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ac-kenigsberg.ru/files/file/99199073548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g6msa59v568jhn94mfhf1on9sp/28606175241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upservice.expert/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27157995468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adoz.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92906146114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synthecinter.com/userfiles/files/91815391118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b2544c7ee7---5020672964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkmaster.ru/uploads/files/naxegar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e24ee64cc30---kiviwikorunotunaverizumad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e2c2abaeea---49453894022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160905e5ea8048---16883187454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leaguengn.com/userfiles/file///nedujiriku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07cb111e2323d7dd1d82cd9612093ed7/powukupobesira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petek.biz/resimler/files/jogazovapisuwuwuboxokek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a33a1871c---58698351597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historia-bfured.hu/userfiles/file/88744069571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://everestart.com/images/stories/file/tekixomadenidut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/torebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083fd63b2c45---lukudulebuwekiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+sun+and+moon+3ds+download+gbaPDF 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_off0000ee85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE85 17336 bytes
SHA-256: 829494f1477444583eb2ff467f507619e2408aac0448f190dcca0fa887439725
font_01_sfnt_off00011b9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B9C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000133b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133B3 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 268b732f2e7c6499fc0a22eddd5106c296723a77ab060e51e5551b5f2df51ba1