Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27ca9b69e3bebf66…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.3 KB Created: 2021-10-01 16:54:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: ddf6cfc43d8a18b5ce28dd4eebc4eaf0 SHA-1: 64c18a66cc46f1dce85eef48a45aa1ec92581327 SHA-256: 27ca9b69e3bebf66210661b429d5115aa7e13d80a5dd883defe5ce6f74974185
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and functions as a link farm, redirecting users to multiple external URLs hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The document's structure and content suggest a phishing attempt designed to lure users into clicking malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=freestreams+live+1+tennis PDF link annotation
    • https://portecitadelle.portecitadelle.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91331184918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16156dd52f0e33---fetig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://na3.it/misc/file/24383875090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quranday.org/userfiles/file/43967564550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613116726706a---jivavefimixemunapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tatishev.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lomikateboniwefabip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613744f4a2517---92850232751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mkaudio.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/81072403990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehbbq.com/uploads/files/86485954899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hadt.vn/upload/files/66523566986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manuale.aziendasulweb.it/userfiles/files/6020582281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aunay-sous-auneau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98173157275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termofriz.rs/files/nogovowomewirebilugejetif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bevitenufusewudawowubona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagostena.it/userfiles/files/zukodaxanokinuxekot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtmnetwork.net/uploadEditor/files/wufugomipak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mai-avto.ru/upload_files/file/nupobimegegifida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615079b653c6e---tumuluroxuvumujeregen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henskeschildersbedrijf.nl/upload/52509303167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nordiskvillaventilation.dk/userfiles/file/velutatet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaudi.tw/upload/files/zalejoroki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impressivetravelvietnam.com/upload/files/nozutozele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://civicwomen.com/ckfiles/files/nefipasivabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compufoxmail.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/userfiles/file/29254689893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatdangcap.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/ruxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000afab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFAB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c7bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7BD 14168 bytes
SHA-256: e0ddc9c8a80700e17baed4f048792076e7d11b9cff874b45d13bc8a3374acc0a
font_02_sfnt_off0000eb2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB2C 10244 bytes
SHA-256: 57ad5636bbd20f6988834050cb7816b62c5a019e0cc05b59ab0b3510e5ee1c98