Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 271aa702b1a79dcc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-07-15 20:47:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 9bd8725abdf6357a4f7c226dce5a78ca SHA-1: a8484fdbe5f111fe8256b5d54bab57147a6cba2f SHA-256: 271aa702b1a79dcc794557773f6e04059331ff7c63bf72281210cb94a0ce713b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The document's structure and embedded URLs align with techniques used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=using+the+mesh+tool+in+illustrator PDF link annotation
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa999b90dde---xufuvigusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anjhimayath.com/upload/file/94686560865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ba4ff34ab---sexomoxinamafedisituw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b2e2cc3dd2---bokevajoses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/306ef5161c856e96e0f0c70d5d386282/gilizupadirugoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab8521a0673---surerewudotujuvax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832a25edda7---49283025037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2b79398de975b6fe8367ef1698245ac/12239817494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipiland.net/upload/file/nawijez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterina-hrib.cz/user-uploads/files/76400231869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inglewood1968.com/clients/68690/File/wikekev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcampoeco.org/FCKeditor/file/73424973423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609121d5264ce---wabunuzebezapegeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f25254081---zogewejafozelotem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608031941c5a8---39204899965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a0530d777---mujifemafoxozixizixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a5dc469fac---74380467792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-3/20210703175306831875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71jtnm16kl2tgongfvoru4tmk7/84438541826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d04d68618a---38939532136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8lu4gk9172dcrf18p5eqek6jt6/filitevokijureva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatishev.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51898330983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podlahypilat.cz/admin/file/mewemodozaxiwudavososide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9e4a3aeee3---wamotivajetirigapadovijop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/chc63ick8akb86q35dhhsu4so6/jewukoreli.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_off0000f3da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010bf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BF1 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 4381724c6619dd6a648fa53a25962f62c2528d00a39eb9564cbd30a66ba396b2
font_02_sfnt_off00012423.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12423 16404 bytes
SHA-256: e6c33d6fb656975d1f0aa84346ed56d0c42dcc1ad694be959d793fc44620ee90