Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27c821f1d1f70b62…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 07:38:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 2d9cfdd1d2fe231969e8668a0b665d96 SHA-1: 685f03b07e0ce546700660bc6f14dda23cbbceeb SHA-256: 27c821f1d1f70b62bad1ac0017a33ef0434b6507afd776bc8fd7c165216c7ca4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. Numerous URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a distribution infrastructure for malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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 http://bobiniauto.com/userfiles/file/86517362633.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ab4c4f6c4---kofigosiweporad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://werder-ritter.de/UserFiles/File/58447142052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bfde6d65e7---fesuxurapazogurav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a30e443a6fb---24064693247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kengosushionlineorder.com/uploads/files/67004792234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161107276479f7---94488947557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/62647743363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c692e17ccc0---widofora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altadirezione-consulting.it/userfiles/files/kepemobakimiregokup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoorichi.com/temp/fckeditor/file/pupemuvofafuzuzasiwizamod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a0fb7e10b---80741471204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/dumotajozufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vasantviharproperties.com/userfiles/file/favigifipawolidojakex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/44863565880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaa4f83af36---42843964942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orlickachata.cz/files/files/jowasopasuveruwes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caefe1bf0cb904806fbb0f084f9817ae/tibaxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilmercatinosottocasa.com/file/40422977751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0f62bd8d2b---44641594197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1693016275d0f56b4c7a53d2ee3baf96/fodalasonigugabisemutawum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088f16f6ea37---65678999309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watthaistuttgart.de/userfiles/file/9313470331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/fofopuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aqsclimited.com/EditorImages/file/71177295487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=y2+high+frequency+wordsPDF 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_off0000eddb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDDB 10996 bytes
SHA-256: ac2d8c3ed84c312bc6c66b58f36bfdb1e0adaa4bb3c81bbc07b211806ea3a693
font_01_sfnt_off000106e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106E6 17952 bytes
SHA-256: 878e82c8b8fd8e331989164d756c02457ac78815b621151c9c1b5e6c31af6654
font_02_sfnt_off0001356b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1356B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1