Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27e6149628f2e958…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 18:00:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: dfebd070228287f2ff4d1945071b40f0 SHA-1: 106664ebb25b5d3b0070017b067202541b4e9dc1 SHA-256: 27e6149628f2e958e3ab08dd535d96cf2dc43bb54a55ab609981a07deb965d4d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is indicative of a malicious lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://bacninhonline.com/webroot/img/files/60288341486.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://serpavenger.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38009041448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efsanepin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/xakid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munnarinfo.in/userfiles/file/sotelixuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nf657s7o3us17sb3do0vf67jj1/rafixezojinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karpatskiles.ru/store/files/bexabalubal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moto-trend.cz/public/files/fck/file/75219280113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virtrade.gr/userfiles_lybo/file/texazuzomomebore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o6otfkjkl2cvtg9pgv60bdss6s/18202393328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguyenhungstone.com/uploads/image/files/zuvututodibakukibuvunujen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heryeryesil.com/resimlerfiles/xojatusodupumedisuzuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpinedelhi.com/userfiles/files/nuvezetasijamufubagisaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d84eba270---57140578458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d420bc6810a1d8eeabbfc0192b81e64/59643259901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dbc0a2283e---womazufesam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf941ac0d35---98817121400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rowsontw.com/shopadmin/upload/files/72628083939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7d9f75e575f8c72b734284ff532ff5e/pufapika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1a672a4cd5---46006214346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldarim.ir/basefile/hoteldarimir/files/rifaletadalilelexubav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc16d2afa06---tuzogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mauchlineware.com/html/chapelstreet/web/userfiles/files/78716331846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/walomuzoruruwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplorium.su/userfiles/file/99573655337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2dddebad88---desaminis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=que+es+una+materia+prima+pdfPDF 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_off00014319.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14319 19528 bytes
SHA-256: 8e7b0c6097e8910ba299d929172fe595fd4e2ebd8018a150ec8c2f8958f9447d
font_01_sfnt_off00017560.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17560 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00018d77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18D77 10652 bytes
SHA-256: d40add48549db0286cd6f26886481b6666c094ea1a5432529e3d25ecf68860e2