Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 273b60c5b01df0c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

117.1 KB Created: 2021-08-06 00:51:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c942e8921c0d715eca8d561d3636e90c SHA-1: 9108fa99d73100fab8a0eb86255225c2a1f41fac SHA-256: 273b60c5b01df0c1f3a6861fa8f1e61dfec2f241b8b101d44120b7ee46382af2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV also identified it as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The embedded URLs likely serve to redirect users to malicious content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9896

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+open+system+and+closed+system+in+thermodynamics PDF link annotation
    • http://bacsiha.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/radilipinenudabijotagudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ca4ab9107---37348697158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://campbellelectronics.com/uploads/91344493734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://usssecuritate.ro/userfiles/file/79242027810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altonika.pro/files/fck/file/kelunojagavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burchiellati.com/file_fck/file/pabovopiruxovaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609194150afd8---xijegolofibazeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transport-vehicules.fr/userfiles/file/36170741836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/41418280059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da3305951f262d4bf8c450b274799ffc/wujozonapuzuxedela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090553cb4ff7---mikokufeniguzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolit-plus.ru/files/file/10382478308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f755585238---sukibebewadovinejazuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tafgambiatours.com/userfiles/file/60565932792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ooen4pfjtfn0vn9ppu3cnsjkop/18790867268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c9f20b84502a5b76301a6e7cf442ccc/71833050329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ef90261ee---22821765460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a327d7d7d39---timijomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiramisu-o.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/53853358983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipllaser.in/uploads/36153285537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3gi66h927m1neoicdltpkb0481/nokotozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kassa.pl/userfiles/file/85529814851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac5105f289---23239820808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608617ca7e75f---vumos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/263e179e552e19a09aebc5260150aba7/28749662872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ca13f8779a---dikebubajamulepoxaxupeva.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_off00015c12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15C12 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00017429.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17429 10888 bytes
SHA-256: b6ab36c6092b9ddfc8fdf29a8d056850427e2ecb80505028e5879348e7b9927d
font_02_sfnt_off00018d2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18D2E 21048 bytes
SHA-256: 4c92b45a20cdafedd72bd936484ab7b636c07b14ec6bd79f7498f54baab9e6c6