Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27bea2665d32d285…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-07-02 10:59:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3d9dd81036e80a693147cd32efff29c1 SHA-1: a3c762d727ba4ae2b999a7ebb8b7017f7dced3e1 SHA-256: 27bea2665d32d285df0218d63db1523bdc04b34f49ff6069ea2e68ce30cac685
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be generated by wkhtmltopdf, further obscuring its true purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+add+serial+number+in+pdf
    • https://oncallanatomist.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5019060101.pdf
    • http://caf-ljubljana.si/docs/50559134323.pdf
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-7/20210507110437665153.pdf
    • http://ptaki.info/imgekoprojekty/files/zenozarobozivoviwemeb.pdf
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9824abfd529e2f49bd1155937de54085/11859375615.pdf
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840963a4061---73946288030.pdf
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/714d95433a475b72c6bcc18a6f1d506f/79734411109.pdf
    • https://samowar.ch/upload/file/livimiv.pdf
    • http://suapaiatuipelehakefamily.com/clients/80707/File/fixabibigeverukased.pdf
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95dac3151bd8c6c6d0dadc3e8e0b5b5a/tenonotifesujujuzegidibe.pdf
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c7475dc2e9554adaa98a4a882a80504/63402316556.pdf
    • https://nhathuydesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tqkcqdqs91ts9dnkqvkf978pn0/72098284318.pdf
    • http://goodwill.pl/userfiles/file/20510271854.pdf
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a9b1a0c5aa---44030929828.pdf
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160841ad9e8edf---53388775922.pdf
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad9a5cf79b---rimanevamexavuzitut.pdf
    • http://vyveva.eu/UserFiles/File/nuwebegolobigivanoto.pdf
    • http://bycongroup.com/UserFiles/file/tutofajozudubusosomesigaj.pdf
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ec9d0819a6---22886935166.pdf
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c574f15b7b0---vogug.pdf
    • https://liur-krd.ru/userfiles/file/dajedizejepekaz.pdf
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40ecc13d740b6b99b5e3dc4b25bf6b0c/39995481783.pdf
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b271646e4---56523687354.pdf
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a764df9e837---49684310652.pdf
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ceeaa66598d---vixese.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cd4a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD4A 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e561.bin
96613e19b0d8e81acc52bf68609e4b910afc77d8818fe9d310d8a162fadca5df
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE561 10976 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe95.bin
f0de0af8010c3d3832049853d6448872c4178a4797294c44c98eefc0e5477381
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE95 16160 bytes