Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 027b26d34a845a3a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-08-27 22:16:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 64f59789d9ca8ab59aab3f28cf2cc255 SHA-1: f0c45a605387db6bcabda043dd87a3b01ca2f469 SHA-256: 027b26d34a845a3a7e196bbfa774d7a7bd4c53219e0ebce1feefe242580ffb6b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, numerous heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting sites. These findings, coupled with ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.
  • 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://logiccpacma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wekatikebijoxena.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://finproekt-msk.ru/userfiles/file/86180160746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atsrealtyvietnam.com/upload/files/7351153923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ca1970.com/clients/10044/File/1553387961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diamond6ranch.com/userfiles/file/61432182004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://congtyvima.com/images/Download/18446537734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/userfiles/files/25691811336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://popnmusic.fr/userfiles/file/15890131572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opusbiz.kr/data/editor/file/116662288260e94ddfecdb5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsdalehorseboarding.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57166756284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pqhnghil03bg66igdqkstsbn0j/34762101915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lmbgnicmuede17128lu7rvgkad/56200942389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eccdc.org/application/webroot/userfiles/file/47010076056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ljlconst.com/admin/images/file/zonikofemegikik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensionpoint.cz/userfiles/files/27989961618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a637e66f0---bexonegewuninuxusagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otelnamore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ce180909923827e63a8f17530287630/56926637960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rosebankprimary.co.za/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mapifuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c981d6298---zebuziku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079093d669e3---33617643521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wintechindia.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64348162283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/97907654658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motoren-adachi.com/js/upload/files/voboges.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=fear+leads+toPDF link annotation
    • http://www.thaiticketmajor.com/static/imgUpload/files/jobolofuwuvazokasigaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f49f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF49F 10020 bytes
SHA-256: e1dbc6b06e2d87f2fe580f0a8ca41d0954492baf47742f342beac9ca7e3c056e
font_01_sfnt_off00010afd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AFD 18520 bytes
SHA-256: 1b7d328c9f3392bd42c8c9b17a03cd24a2d02704be5af1df1fe075586940f16b
font_02_sfnt_off00013b31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1