Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 272db550dad59be4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 00:57:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e41c915fc44e9464807967db326649e6 SHA-1: 3d13472e17ea1092ccf3fb38482f9c731e9b69d1 SHA-256: 272db550dad59be4768e5970448febf5f5b3202b09b426e09b140541bd7b7f3e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The embedded URLs suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme, aiming to exploit user trust through deceptive links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+did+you+find+most+satisfying+about+your+job+best+answer
    • https://betalinktech.com/blmedia/file/31508759137.pdf
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/478m0bkv3922fobs5mcjusdvg1/xiwobasaledaxonuwa.pdf
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rrgno3m3e6jpjd2j639mdc1q36/60068667597.pdf
    • https://walkandsmile.com/userfiles/file/30871009516.pdf
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608719c3dbf0e---33923747013.pdf
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866d9c21563---12927413533.pdf
    • http://safeabortionnepal.com/userfiles/file/75829208968.pdf
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/46709713470.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c54c790b644---4768765445.pdf
    • http://www.rodnolespropertymanagement.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/nupelumipidedet.pdf
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5d80cf3356---kuwulolives.pdf
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4491a8d39d---nomeridatelemililamunuf.pdf
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761807ac321---bolulitonopituxujovebojuw.pdf
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddc7657278bbd50cb30a71a4a6122ce5/gepuvulif.pdf
    • http://ubest.ru/images/file/josetokujiwo.pdf
    • http://fatamorgana.fr/uploads/assets/file/gugoz.pdf
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f18b302281f739ff2e556297ac2d30c9/deforiba.pdf
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608de46c1b9a1---9149161039.pdf
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/22093978501.pdf
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d8d336fb3f---xusujajutovudasema.pdf
    • https://wfca-czech.cz/temp/userfiles/files/44500423376.pdf
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d27740d6f6506e8e4b945e935b49eee/tawadadixom.pdf
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fe4417e083---jibalokesofusopawe.pdf
    • https://n-zvuk.ru/upload/file/lijurujulavumoxufamilena.pdf
    • https://stijsr.com/userfiles/file/lobawugi.pdf
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077253dee094---mavodamitez.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000101ea.bin
816820da304de57c797afdc7c66502f50727da43afe6e8fe29619f51ad5ed185
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101EA 17812 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013004.bin
2b81d026542c654907bce27d6c4ff1c644168fdd457dd6fa0589cfd9b20b7460
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13004 11316 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014a4b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A4B 16792 bytes