Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 227b757910578af5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 11:25:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a59ae92638047c251adcf75060799dca SHA-1: d796e849cc9df5858fd7cda64d889738d73d5a43 SHA-256: 227b757910578af51c989e34b879b86a66f91a39f12f719566e38f7d600d6bdc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file, likely serving as a dropper or phishing document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=insert+image+into+pdf+file+adobe+acrobat+professional PDF link annotation
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5cb12cf3c---savulifipifab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/jafivudiwutaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns-russia.ru/userfiles/file/72635219162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngthisyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9040275558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-businessplan.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/70860216381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dansungsala.com/uploads/files/mumepegenop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gialtour.it/themes/userfiles//files/27809281871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ktcz.eu/files/files/bosawupibax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangminhphatkorea.com/webroot/img/files/43185122511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e9394e79b2---lugatisowizeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3dd380f2c9---dogimidanodarerep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://londonvipchauffeur.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d784e8161630d575ce81648d1430550b/bibamim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://testplanet.nl/uploads/files/69531327966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1467d981cd2170b12d884824382cd6c/moninajowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c1adfebb79---12321503434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chamdure.com/DATA/files/nurijagimepugut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasanisports.com/files/vatetututow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4els.ru/uploads/images/files/wawovamadebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/16093fa9554424---78561370888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30a7ad218987608445a0c629c708b452/rajuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderkai.com/uploads/files/56359124364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://araonline.hu/uploads/file/82426536467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4c1c9daa8c---nimujewupipoji.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_off0000d50f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD50F 11052 bytes
SHA-256: d49c8772dbbd769dfda7070c8f672f17e7a35764138735f44aa62039e0320fdd
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE5B 18128 bytes
SHA-256: 4f408b36a7360ef8de1ac8279f3b367483c2d576805c04577b12f404f49174a7
font_02_sfnt_off00011cf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1