Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2527a0ca61d6a050…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-16 17:02:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e0fbba90e6aa700416801cf9e0d0943f SHA-1: 7ece6e160e198076460e8a0f87d15dd869dde697 SHA-256: 2527a0ca61d6a05069cd849ca8be6adf518cf32e8ab177994e183f6f738434a1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting and are structured as link farms. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9939

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 http://umffz21.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77259124200.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161382e6a820b1---72808171195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.com/userfiles/file/20210910114719_493037156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139676fb0c58---rimimotolusevoxesepodamij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basalyemek.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jonekusanokezasukulil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c6ed384697---sivasopoxepoduno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pc580.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-9-13/20210913001919261708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136bfa8e16ff---51315750822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e34abe6c19---49413577472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenthaotech.com/upload/files/53023464291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyallcanada.net/editor_files/file/tenizejanarugavozetasotem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161373699b6507---25985932107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqs-group.it/userfiles/files/migudagigusur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nachhilfeschule.havonix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98133658063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.com/images/file/59250962576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrobud.net/uploaded/file/28584810916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyccenter.com/images/Upload/file/witegovoworapazokewuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emanuelmlevin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vuloledapugodomakoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ystechpro.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/ruseselotakisero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vektor28.ru/userfiles/file/belexowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netichikawaya.com/userfiles/file/gemasalilipubol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitesal.com/data/images/file/1985_20210914112036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.my/images/users/00000000/files/darimizijaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elmawadah.com/userfiles/file/60841994314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/depaderoruwomasozarukoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5percent-design-action.com/upload/users/files/31509060595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://velapower.com/glwh/UploadFile/file/2021091600255073499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=ace+stream+live+tv+apkPDF 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_off0000de55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE55 10448 bytes
SHA-256: 8dd72ea89bb087ad38af3bb866ccfb24e4e62851b86aa1ad4b43eed5c44cef06
font_01_sfnt_off0000f61d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF61D 17300 bytes
SHA-256: 69e31717659d53dc9df6adc6b890ecc485b74c55e406dfc62c05f52d62194ce9
font_02_sfnt_off00012234.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12234 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1