Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 027d200b2aad1ea4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-07-30 09:22:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 3bc052171f4769b47b1888f657af2363 SHA-1: 898d55dafcf47cc3fd133a2934ae8c500c02ec7a SHA-256: 027d200b2aad1ea41d41402a04cd8c3c1a1373a17ca599d748191c387d3d40b8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, many of which are hosting other PDF files. This behavior is indicative of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or lead users to phishing sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085425d7ef28---tavemawuwi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ec8c49463d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dewalt-naradi.cz/media/upload/editor/file/67204987581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hbfilm.ca/resimler/files/javofaxerifez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aedc1bcf43---28587528107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bookblog.kr/data/file//files/54670055045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5a185250fe---61473289981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2bd115fbfca40a74a1af6a6153c5c65/89339305768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://franklinbristerharveyfamily.com/clients/a/a8/a8910385c57dfddac3c6311e2bd1422e/File/pifufakovov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://f-okinawa.com/img/tmp/files/lozaboxoroguzulopenadijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091f8c98bb3f---79366578787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4seasonstours.in/userfiles/file/sanasawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efsanepin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/86677878093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-green-hope.com/uploads/files/ximebukefunivefaziwado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f9af7b8bd---xobifusak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://commonwealthsportsawards.com/userfiles/file/65812788733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079c5dd28b0c---zujutunoxazixizegezud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35a6c524716a23a7d93b6cd7fc554894/pogomog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayjack.com/upload/files/12686456111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://educationexplosion.com/clients/a/aa/aae59ec6301d25964842a0067e0ae100/File/virobiwuwapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f0002ab15405e12fe0a56ad34c6a18b/bulijekararo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eortak.com/img/fck_temp/file/sejamatapuzudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/9582903967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=what+do+the+lights+on+my+arris+surfboard+modem+meanPDF 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_off0000f42b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF42B 16824 bytes
SHA-256: 7f498a41d21784b2e7175140aeb33d3a70f2ec66fb3b77e6d02b77dd039dbbc8
font_01_sfnt_off00011f6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F6B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013782.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13782 11148 bytes
SHA-256: aa8fe42f7c2f80877182b1ee2ee620db4289f51dfdb3ca836da7b6910a6afb2a