Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f21e314e5a42155b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-06-17 20:20:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6423c1d5b2e50ac18a4f1acc06f2a712 SHA-1: 32eb1aaee7b152bf77304ba6280a2c4b5c4a891c SHA-256: f21e314e5a42155b44462378e93b3209ac1043bd525180ccba5e73bb4a621120
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains multiple links to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to host malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'password-protected archive' lure suggests the document is intended to trick users into downloading an encrypted payload, likely after providing a password, to bypass gateway security.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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 http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4837d818c---48551387708.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://russkiivopros.com/images/FCKeditor/file/94996536390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archltginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9ad765552df263682d7fc9baa94f8dd/23805308577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f166564e99---tibikomekuriritorozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chandigarhdatarecovery.com/files/file/kutilibazulopaxezozewux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb5cac70105---gowuvuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cdbc52a41f---44245772826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e1db2c6e9d---bagoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdsvieclam.com/upload/files/22005345732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/939a18dcfd0ecc2cf22056e275a84824/degadaxexekegelufulidabex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22134ddeebcef4c35e64eff0c301bce8/40865720432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuswapladystriders.ca/userfiles/file/gugujapifitowal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andrecampbell.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ea4e1c2fe35e46a74d06581896761b6/82141249007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806c3ae5d71---rozipuvagupedisafar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99nt7e56cqleeiv1iidqgucb14/55360383078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melloecastro.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781f1ab13f1---bilopexivewawumiwumefef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://fedorahosted.org/lohitIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+randomizer+fire+red+downloadPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eceb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECEB 3876 bytes
SHA-256: 96d68338c786799875c152aab4132843aea87fc46752879e9488ce9838a5b51b
font_01_sfnt_off0000fabe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFABE 5080 bytes
SHA-256: ef6b235263e98c6ac820ace971541639745099b5f0ab42de2dfd4ef6584f5102
font_02_sfnt_off00010c11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C11 11292 bytes
SHA-256: 4d2f4ac96cc693bd97d5d3bb4b0dece7572700b61ad56f2e3c99d33ca6d7ea5e
font_03_sfnt_off000132c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132C0 4404 bytes
SHA-256: a196578c439ef36cc33cbdf8b1665682aa238398e4fbf431ed72820631b1f881