Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 027d42de7ec382a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 20:10:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3c14ef908977b7c3a6f1e40f6954382f SHA-1: 371c87c52081086ad64e804330491957b83dc06f SHA-256: 027d42de7ec382a81e7dcc3829b129365aac009af4926643c8caff496451a260
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates potential for malicious actions, such as downloading further payloads or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 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 https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=eighteenth+amendment+act+2010+pdf
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161346c4c36e75---vemofunomogikixifap.pdf
    • https://csn-alliance.com/data/files/51332686380.pdf
    • http://lsmtrontractor.com/upfiles/file/20210904035716.pdf
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uof7irb0mkl1oel2qtpoi23vq2/rigoviluroza.pdf
    • https://toocapen.com/files/79210899181.pdf
    • http://teraval.cz/res/file/bepofuzulisi.pdf
    • https://hopadive.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vimosiluzujage.pdf
    • http://nissanotogovap.net/uploads/images/files/nijapefaxezilefuvev.pdf
    • http://gibisch.com/files/files/24236316200.pdf
    • http://3wsystems.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/kidule.pdf
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f94b42224c---xefavivegenubu.pdf
    • http://gordostcrista.ru/userfiles/file/tafavenigupowilurubupet.pdf
    • http://innovatepc.com/userfiles/file/sijizifogomelok.pdf
    • https://vnjhanoi.com/upload/files/73643894023.pdf
    • http://iccjsc.com/images/uploads/files/zugategunumefaduvepobofum.pdf
    • https://dongcohonda.com/userfiles/file/99842484218.pdf
    • http://druckmaschinenservice.com/uploads/fce/files/woroziwojilezipopuleto.pdf
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021090716584543.pdf
    • http://federicozucchettiarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/vomot.pdf
    • http://nsdadventist.org/FCKData/file/66758740332.pdf
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/jibubi.pdf
    • http://www.enjoyvaltellina.it/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84547708997.pdf
    • https://www.l-games.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15876331474.pdf
    • http://www.icareonline.net.au/ckfinder/icare/files/51727286599.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d62e.bin
7b9450bfee48a86670261589df9550c541a6001f7fa895d156f631e60185d803
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD62E 17420 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010360.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10360 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011b77.bin
19e486be2fcde2824233e6780759e5bc702d7fe8586037ba5b6bb64bce2aeceb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B77 10912 bytes