Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27d4540a980d1290…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 22:44:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c290a9d77809bb0bd24ef7662ec2b684 SHA-1: c3200b77249cf7dee4a793adb582ce50158f350e SHA-256: 27d4540a980d1290f655677100c9d30086e4e2f7b8111c66e4606d214116754e
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to lure users to download malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://newtrichur.com/userfiles/file/33984707567.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.gamylai.vn/uploads/files/45651843848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dveropolis.ru/upload_picture/7060352857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e061a1007ba605f7abc6665fbcf50845/23237929670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thekitchendesignstudio.org/uploads/files/zakepox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/wimozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naves.cz/res/file/norimeponobipitititu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pure-chiral.com/upload/files/2770986525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zopos.zohukum.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65674118935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macauroommate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92667288168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jetaime-shop.dvsportbg.com/files/90608480353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totounited.com/contents/files/xexumusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sirindhorn.net/upload/File/92806015092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szzxwx.com/Upload/Upload/file/20219551622656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130588a6a761---56307821873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161346b1661d48---pimat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.huescalamagiaenfotos.com/userfiles/files/sijojapatokev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okna-kursk.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/lupotebitesevatedesapanam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/525426cf5d17ba6d9f5d117b5bf8e887/lubekekozisanelawaxavivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartpaintingplus.com/userfiles/files/wafizuperasivosazisuvas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f9981a82be---jurewejipemetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvpbuilding.com/userfiles/file/tetepil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nagymester.com/userfiles/file/gusunos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=android+iphone+file+transfer+appPDF 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_off0000e2e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2E1 10576 bytes
SHA-256: aa360f69354a43fde8b2b8e72aa9a996efde3a1b8733ef72a843b172a51268f8
font_01_sfnt_off0000faec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAEC 17240 bytes
SHA-256: 3e24353065442c7e50b45e4a3e2e310da737ad1cfa9996880b7e2ef63996e356
font_02_sfnt_off00012717.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12717 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1