Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27663f66903401d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-08-06 16:08:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1dd505d590046a8a7fa2d83daab9cc38 SHA-1: 084cc9c725ccd72985ceabe9557b42420f842bb7 SHA-256: 27663f66903401d7ac409a0c085129c1180dc230a58935251138f1ec2c6182ed
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to lure users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download' button heuristic further supports the lure aspect.

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://www.microsinusectomi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073dbd82cfa6---gezeseduxu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://agrion.org/upload/fichier/948577409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ural-kip.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48480302375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088a436989ba---63611995903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c338e2e8526---xafuleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inmaabiladi.com/userfiles/files/wokug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084256120b7f---jababamaxodobofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/pegabibasaxosanasoxixivut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvdeastudio.it/userfiles/files/74862434925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hilimall.ae/uploads/files/vatisowolove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conflictfreeelectronics.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/renuka/file/769323598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mashtalkandil.com/userfiles/file/fabokaferulixegiseniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songhongresort.com/img/files/37077051379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f82dae9d905fb94af07086ed27965a1/libire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio2.com/contents//files/85848780966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/16440567456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/238beaf0497422930e7e6b9b722acde0/59149770998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalnoboy.net/data/filestorage/upload/files/79597129851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haustechnik-hagenauer.at/73182852058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rmpuk9udnr7t4ojrb212mq2uge/76550453839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=free+fire+mod+apk+unlimited+diamonds+and+healthPDF 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_off0000edcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDCD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000105df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105DF 17416 bytes
SHA-256: 82a4060597119ed3a90facca98ae9855666e765c87d1514666824db1a1e2218b
font_02_sfnt_off000133c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133C1 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 13718fc44918ef602ae10e714ca1179af79958aac36b8593fdfe26e954d90417