Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27a876f955164e74…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-08-23 16:25:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 2961ae698b35b2dd0ecf634984804a0a SHA-1: b80419b92c91cffbd3a49c82d207b13a07e84a5f SHA-256: 27a876f955164e740f5f6682c343f53d0c5112d64b11defe8e89d0c2234bc9ff
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO poisoning to lure users to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting further analysis of the specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eop1a0t22at209k1svo4f73jm2/sivuwowupo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/84687805034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/8276761566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76c1209ec267017848385fe70963c2c8/20147579811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karlsbach.de/userfiles/files/49597830540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namkhoabacninh.com/images/files/78813583594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a4dee08e78634340e708ef7eb83f808/47342094863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chetanaus.org/bheru/uploadfiles/file/65495058308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729dfb2244b---76386338131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad93d152aea---11457721915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakenflowersonline.com/userfiles/file/netofirejawokuxexobixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d932242bb2c---16985601775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lucky-erotic-massage-bucharest.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15782559485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukierniabrzezinski.pl/www/artizam/fck/file/65219034709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compufoxmail.com/userfiles/file/faguvijosape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stvorki.ru/files/file/rifezinefagiririlavovem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karapinarinsaat.net/userfiles/upload/file/63591123016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dezmaster.com/userfiles/file/81405274133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntsahibfgp.org/hemkunt/userfiles/file/57878253319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e134d04c1f11a63683f40e5fd3987f5/3279163225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae6a878a840---69775864503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturabliskociebie.pl/userfiles/file/93054176189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab1593dcd4---98600522362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elsekmont.eu/userfiles/file/gamaligexumebazul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wimborst-ceramics.nl/public/view/upload/fckeditor_images/file/51467715208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=image+to+pdf+converter+app+for+androidPDF 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_off0000ecbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECBB 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 1eea99e1f222310a7dab95254e34a7012342e421a341825c26d39182fc66d100
font_01_sfnt_off00010547.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10547 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D59 17248 bytes
SHA-256: 64f5a80bd890e1fda39e42ab7ccdc67841aa305367cae67963afa9b9771fb586