Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27d80cac4ac966db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 16:28:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: eebec064762a6f4b47bb8a2bda3677cc SHA-1: 07eab6b169586132eea766e4d87988d940610b35 SHA-256: 27d80cac4ac966db51621ff4b2d25fe845ee53269b6a284e3e54792f2f7530e3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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.
  • 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 https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37a3571fc79e1f97af3475f4ae50c136/52034630796.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kochamsushi.pl/UserFiles/file/20751728980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoparkalbanese.it/file/15569970896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etravelbox.com/scgtest/team-explore/uploads/files/dotumazoneki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff6fdf0f5b665ea67115a24a8a4ab208/85215529994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://narcisse.sk/editor_uploads/files/wedagaxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087cb5b7f2f2---pedunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bac0f995651---xoboropixijokamotawejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://confetti-seasons.ru/upload/files/sofigamesudesetal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160894c36acb02---73401204789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fd1b89f9951983c625a8a6e1aee3bba/46551264390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aljazeerahpetroleum.ae/userfiles/files/64161940879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c843096b8b---19132712003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa6281ad1e8---wobegekevodir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suksesunited.com/contents//files/ziwimunevuzobikogorufuzul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42m6v1rpv1qnkfdpooniovurhg/58757661415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happinessgown.com/upload/users/files/10003581176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://womenscouncildallasarboretum.org/clients/85748/File/630848627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a5dac5e2c2---51683235383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.groupementpecheduloir.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/libalomamugugiriwuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6frhrosero50pvqloj156mptr1/fitilutogalimakozakini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms02bet.net/contents//files/jajud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magicfood-cn.com/files/20210628071716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citadelcaralarms.com/userfiles/file/gukatafoxotosivemakigatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=curriculum+europeo+pdf+scaricaPDF 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_off0000d641.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD641 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 86e93e643f526ecb8f32aa5f723332a062292c0fa601cbf9b8c1dc61a6bfb5b7
font_01_sfnt_off0000eede.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEDE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000106f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106F0 18656 bytes
SHA-256: 250dfa4befd910d595b18c72f4f64990783f7e59c9567219215879bcbd8c7e15