Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 271ea3c4edc651a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 01:06:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3f8a359aa2e2d657d744c59868a71161 SHA-1: 0c2fc4face9f30f864d51c61a24f16f7a069b270 SHA-256: 271ea3c4edc651a6b7ee5355c801c6b31e24cb653a3bb7042c087dc24c8600dc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to execute malicious code or redirect users to phishing sites. The presence of numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, further suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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.
  • 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 https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7t9el9g9ri001bd80kcpf62ip6/54503475076.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://perksys.com/userfiles/file/didixaxitogalofalobetowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7015809c0db9370d247687b9ad69bdb/paloxexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://museuminiaturesbesalu.com/files/71999758856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2ba82f31ff---55975951770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lahma.pl/_u/userfiles/file/54675858572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalclinicbangalore.com/uploads/78758911367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caryhigh1987.com/clients/41333/File/98574239990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://censcakmu.org/board/file/files/zovebidusazikugebubevap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atphp.ch/userfiles/file/14688324620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiophotosfashion.it/userfiles/files/gonuvomedigosotubodanibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kund-in.com/userfiles/file/89641290006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://the-bom.kr/upfile/files/82023201738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thamdinhgiadaiquang.com/img/files/fetigabewenigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blueview.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/19019355016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artstudiodesign.it/userfiles/files/50623977652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab5b7cdd75---zijipatesifaduvix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisaarkinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/45186236162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ade63920381---35080275375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burbank.kopanramen.com/uploads/files/zavadiwipotiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a32187170db---50588899669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d76bcdcd3---83019542590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brette-animation.com/userfiles/file/suluxurowigiguvebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motoren-adachi.com/js/upload/files/81012884622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marosme.ro/hirek/file/6491564515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=importance+of+mangrove+ecosystem+pdfPDF 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_off000121e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121E7 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 9879247ad0ff2a586864844e8d942080fb7862737d4cf6463cbd392e3a472751
font_01_sfnt_off00013b23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B23 19708 bytes
SHA-256: c16a9eeffa28daabfe90ee614b5499c6b625d318cccf7ea068bfa524a31b8f46
font_02_sfnt_off00016ed4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16ED4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1