Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 272c638eebbb4f4b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

66.3 KB Created: 2021-06-25 03:28:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 272d80caa64fa6849557e4b0c45c25dd SHA-1: f49307340fe0568b2acc6566051a7f67075be7c9 SHA-256: 272c638eebbb4f4bf6bce0c430a0869354ab0e75eed76676a8b2718695d4e1c1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm hosted on multiple compromised websites, including WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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 http://firegallery.ru/img/upload/pugadegux.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://shuswapladystriders.ca/userfiles/file/7220519062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cd4b6546f5---76382111142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abhimaninteriors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31825438755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dca328abb9d150d21211c648de058702/55827541805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ab306fa299bb3ef09a4ec35e06eb4e1/lupagimizisikel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d0cb851c53---nusolenenuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a45a93f2b77---dafaxoleju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160882a0badc4f---bunafepike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-zzld.com/uploadfile/file/%5C/2021062502203849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stpatricksreunion.com/clients/84553/File/beguji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf7d43df09---16056392572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f66158edf2a18278a4f20e3efd3344c/bajapexuzedalarododaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822c4b93568---30539261829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088541787731---67329526725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/875a5e4dfd5d9f85727283fbd54650e6/fitopigefeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7645053e38251e8868097d5671be3cde/37880551411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://fedorahosted.org/lohitIn PDF document text
    • http://www.indictrans.orgIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=fluke+199c+manualPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b046.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB046 4896 bytes
SHA-256: 289d7ad99a5239fb57c5cf295385d2d2604cbcbb37c3cc769984beef079a6fd4
font_01_sfnt_off0000c0e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0E6 2120 bytes
SHA-256: d47865482bfa9108bdc34676d4bc60cfa3d0b313430d75174bee77122276a9d1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ca35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA35 4204 bytes
SHA-256: 84b4fbd9763c4e11498461240f32185a6411eeff60dcbbe258b08ecaea370ae2
font_03_sfnt_off0000d76f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD76F 10700 bytes
SHA-256: 1639a750b1757f3cf46ca254826a49cb4d7cb917b5c1821d9e0d7f8d6011384e