Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 127fcd0306d7d4b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-08-17 03:41:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 52356b43cb9ba2ab27c291fcf6c32733 SHA-1: f5117f42a86682983425b072326e6ca9d77367c8 SHA-256: 127fcd0306d7d4b7f91f52e6827039d899c4b204642dbbf5988cb0155929d453
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of multiple PDF files hosted on these sites indicates a coordinated effort to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8218320a55461de709c356724d296e41/jepusigewerowek.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ebceb6fb52---nuvimaxinulupuvukifugole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vnsteeldetailing.com/UserFiles/files/kemogujajebimejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac711039334---kokepadamamobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e2503c6a3---26800816548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa64ab73248---vurakituwovezozuxaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lenaoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/pitepuxoxikemigopen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44ic9vvvf3tte8ah3f7ieul110/vuwivimejot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panhongbo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/borikumeregafezole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/gosax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f209c4f681---33217692821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masini-de-ambalat.ro/images/userfiles/nijebudes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://principesgs.com/userfiles/file/wojugobosokut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajpdua.com/contents//files/pabofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-luczak.pl/new/fck_user_files/file/fijez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef71278484---rumixaradozelizifixopowoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purofirstli.net/userfiles/file/kiviwiwata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccad50b774---29301772040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33cc6bf5283418f8c6d8d33bc44a855a/vivuveritufiturojoderuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/47634418783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scandirent-new.ru/uploads/assets/file/zanakuseruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4548f6e426---fuwirasesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenplanetnepal.com/userfiles/file/46185131232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=can+blood+test+detect+typhoidPDF 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_off0000eb7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB7E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010395.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10395 10796 bytes
SHA-256: b492702b6beab866f587b16399588b7360743c2292f3a7d46dadb240f8e6c9a4
font_02_sfnt_off00011c3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C3D 17664 bytes
SHA-256: 77f84857a0dbbbfa55020a1fae73eea2e6b6ef279bfaeeb95b6cfa4161bac31f