Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27b06e87865c9517…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-10-15 10:15:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 6ce93394ba7c46a6bf505236c60012c2 SHA-1: df46dc7198905958789ecbe7afa2239203004281 SHA-256: 27b06e87865c95173d44a17fee73d0cf37d94c1880dfcadb8094e220dc665dae
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicating maliciousness. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external sites, many hosted on compromised WordPress uploads or disposable domains, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 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.
  • 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 https://brazilairporttransfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89724024142.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161681b609e397---nuzaxugigajifiwaxuxiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milliondollardesiclub.com/upload_files/featured/files/nupikiruwuvixedukama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synagoge-stommeln.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vizika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henzefashion.com/userfiles/file/60689569754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/78625310685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/19939688261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w-f-l.de/user_img/file/58441781100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/74663355700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanabuauto.com/js/upload/files/dapunovazorovewuwonep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/765e9aff247b21e6787d83b128f725bd/juxuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c79baf130c343697a7c2e9c074c23b3d/71429439624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kvarkeno56.ru/userfiles/file/80001695923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://123flower.doweb.kr/upload/files/37603876188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaifilmind.com/upload/files/18687100351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glamour-nsk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bexategipivitavujevogax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ee177816e5---16417303916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e634c57f3---rufinogibezor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreabulk.net/userData/board/file/fojepinukerizexirapari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editions-tlp.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pefaraxefabudagipazelese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagunaapartman.hu/images/user/file/loguparotigokibog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tebra.si/userfiles/file/linobovifijovunuruluvozor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giridhareye.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/noraxifakobigemoxavig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/96745675988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alltimescare.com/attachment/files/15526048654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xvkpad/~3/RC0zOYPQW8A/uplcv?utm_term=chest+workout+for+men+pdfPDF 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_off0000ff96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF96 10772 bytes
SHA-256: a375f5e88275b74273cc69956f9a987a2caa6ac5bfc80f12ce2d72640635323a
font_01_sfnt_off00011850.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11850 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013062.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13062 18240 bytes
SHA-256: 6d025d7c375fd4bef1ba34cda3e219380cd15104a4897f9b0afffd64ba8ed66f