Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 227bf227e3346f74…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-06-25 19:45:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: a191a5c72c86061c9a12870a5bb50f43 SHA-1: 7093e41142305a23c48af6a64bac593c4ba73dbd SHA-256: 227bf227e3346f745ef28aeb985e7692e40abdde34db35bdac327216162ad879
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or downloads. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+manually+update+a+driver PDF link annotation
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b428f1be9eb---55650181584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/rukefulolugulifovovux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160980e67658ed---meresunipovibukotis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/unakd65l3fnkc76ja0torur8dg/rumipulin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f8962567eeb4d7151984a83e6569840/58393891292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2tikfmv1cdv6s3g40n8q95mq99/vagokexojebijiduxozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lohsclassof70.com/clients/3/31/31ca850ff086a58b81c8700e10a01852/File/jevarujateju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rymwid-training.com/userfiles/file/38201112169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607cefb01e686---vimanakodanemigebodon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hungbuloon.com/media/ftp/file/fiworudizaxevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaness-sens.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23237886159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850c0422894---36452659747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transinfosoft.com/userfiles/file/fadoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9i1ogl3g9lbgvps5qj1u104rn2/tedejuvodunaxuwutaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l2q6mooudfkn4ged1n2866si53/59162581160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a726hhucg0j9kedl9poj33m4e1/57177399292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8bd3e8d5b8b203596abb79140bc1f3d/28877673346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79ca3d46a4---19150236285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aluvascientific.com/UserFiles/file/24923305993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancodevida.com/bancodevida/admin/images/image/file/bakunuwiwivemosufurevaxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97cae55ab507a4026172fd8d4a822423/zukaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0utcn25742k55bv380n2abdp0g/74099900891.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_off0000ed82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED82 16876 bytes
SHA-256: 9cbed6165e737902e22a2a8c451d1459b431ce8b0fa369f7c8c72497d05e2240
font_01_sfnt_off00011924.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11924 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 35e04e24ec826283af2aacab9f0aee89405c9b746e01856a1496cc12ce631984
font_02_sfnt_off000131d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131D4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1