Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 027e2fcc8c80360b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-08-16 01:00:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1f4b828edd1e7d464dff94b611f241d3 SHA-1: c5fbe8054b3a53291560e7b0e8e15d84a52bd811 SHA-256: 027e2fcc8c80360bdd9633c72b9aea9eb11d9fd0acf77999bdbc261497ea32db
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 https://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+size+of+bike+do+i+need+ladies PDF link annotation
    • http://apogeeconsultancy.com/upload/files/4797375647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/653c902f632759155a36f2a589976235/dipukikawiwim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9qvje9jdjukasvg3tpr0e7v7fv/40349119291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0olos398s5iaq2q43rkojmvr4q/defopuzapageribu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5bc393fc9c96d1258b8fe061018abdc/xunowoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cecbe37d51e648aecf0a830edfb24bb/69906569242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airin.lv/images/userfiles/file/sotomowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/10084332640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae96fb7411---29787553925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarica.com.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55442211375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matteagianotti.ch/userfiles/files/38047019639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a74177c2b---loraxejugidinubeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topclassgreenery.nl/images/file/danewuzefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalkulacka-hypo.cz/userfiles/files/63969067035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d690f0532---1584522404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l3c8m20abd12e6a6ca2mp187h5/38512502820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844457495ca---nezugogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/kokulowapiviji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/310d0ca8fd9d4fc145260e4c23f3a6e9/toguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aff734b68ba---77970391224.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/494e8becacf430dbbb1e6db1989e0537/19803556498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/wafoboxifuvir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hkbad7untat2pkp5jf716883el/larelivojanomipop.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_off0000e617.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE617 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE2E 10636 bytes
SHA-256: a729d376ccf84427f463cd2258d68cd244b29ad0ddd04bf7273d0940659576b4
font_02_sfnt_off00011683.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11683 16440 bytes
SHA-256: 3dbbb19b1211f5904dee25c6948c1f9c52d787019455ac3ee4daeba82226e54e