Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27109992602c357e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:15:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c70daf779f6466b28b177e7a682d57fa SHA-1: 7aac5810681feb33277183075b87efca0ce60b42 SHA-256: 27109992602c357e9c7e6d68f88217a4641e25aa50e431f08a84503c29f9cabc
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The document's structure as a link farm on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=soft+brownies+from+scratch PDF link annotation
    • https://kopari.hu/files/file/vifosurogisilibupakirux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a438546ac2---limefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f762cbfffa8dea7f8773ee2b40737743/mafewivagosegufexeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychanalyste-gard.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xomivogisafipaxisami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2e5361b395---ginatitemitabowotem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xehowo24h.com/images/ckeditor/files/jonizuwugufasomugixituxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3abec920788a5a05fabf94d7eaaa4fc/36509409644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t9mflhtmj4lrejril42ij0vkhp/13836572340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97d2272fd80d9621d7f2f0d96a99426b/dixotut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/fuvus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insight-assessment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2081081479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldnaturalfood.com/image/upload/File/milulamoxukekopoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b320e151758---vokirop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079615157e1d---21022101572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pakianco.ir/data/image/uploads/news/files/97316785628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610642225c18c---penonag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48636806cef8391c23fe4ac285524d6e/8392935815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://world-green-hope.com/uploads/files/57631813047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/729b135d7dce09f39b6e2c4330ddaac9/18753667101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160970d3075b80---wivegavujoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f31e5ee83e4---bamakutuwudezovelajumoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/svhfrrrkd3lqri0loivhfq00p6/36468862860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f1ac0ef08---92835879060.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_off0000de2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE2A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f641.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF641 10856 bytes
SHA-256: fd1f2431cf0996629a0dc4f29fe249a563173dd5a464814e5608dacc2fdacdab
font_02_sfnt_off00010f37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F37 18032 bytes
SHA-256: 8d9e27be2605683275407cc91410448331f967c209f6ff79c6a60caf360bc794