Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27a3ca7272a482ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-11 15:54:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5f115a0cee6f61c44fe0e89ffb59e811 SHA-1: 93062012c5c9bdd7a0c28881a014ebff3f88c8fa SHA-256: 27a3ca7272a482ac5c41aefb250843a7c58e22609d48830947f18d1867943a2b
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple potentially compromised websites, including one hosted on a compromised WordPress upload directory. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to redirect the user to these external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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 http://medtravel.lv/images/hand_uploaded/files/44162959022.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gaishachuukobuhin.com/js/upload/files/64081717157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokoladenbrunnen.de/idata/tadoxejonififetefufasupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66049d85903a64db44b28c9fc38c012c/69017323052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portamarioarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/4805880484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b394bc1831---nunisepawubefajegedip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131bbbdcf55b---semaretozawobor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villahetzwartepaard.nl/survey/userfiles/files/64859329355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tennis-samara.ru/img/file/tigiwamazudamemoluxulam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parbatsamajjapan.com/img/files/files/molawikojatudifaxipib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hfnhsw.com/upload/files/71990102009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://godparents4tz.org/home/god/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wosomolirugodipobavaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurek-rowery.pl/user_pict/file/fezasujojiwarila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fusen-es.info/yamituki-n/uploads/files/kiverugirojupar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mestav.sk/uploaded_images/file/ruxezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carzip.biz/files/uploads/files/17688038057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.nl/userfiles/file/19930429097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://younewstoday.com/task/userimages/file/92238822391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k12kos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47462339819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rococosofa.com/files/files/41498883173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613422cb392d0---nemudoxasemozuzijarovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dekobonner.de/userfiles/file/rotirasibebalorisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kltccompany.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/basire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=harry+potter+and+the+chamber+of+secrets+full+movie+free+123moviesPDF 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_off0000d4b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4B2 11640 bytes
SHA-256: 8b3d8c6d9ffd771d50cfe70ef18fce581a92c43684c572755e9f0693e21a355e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f003.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF003 17764 bytes
SHA-256: 167b12ff00839df727818c77de2cda421cd4f5a1d02487e36eac02b29aa30bc7
font_02_sfnt_off00011e47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E47 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1