Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27f4244672608ebc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-20 02:24:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a2e0b6eaedcc496dfeb0b7844042ab5e SHA-1: 871c72ed9342c25057cfb76e7d3b14018e4b3aad SHA-256: 27f4244672608ebc79a98feb30d79800d337051341db7f884e09c396ad21ca1e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings point towards a malicious document designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://asirakademi.com/resimler/files/91160823296.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://goodwill.as/userfiles/file/dejozuxipezumapunafazite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trustarshida.co/cache/fck_files/file/88656093990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turismopontevedra.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tebinobududifikovule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sireny.net/share/files/67848362662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limsurempat.com/contents/files/jirivibujonefagejoxema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dycelife.com/userfiles/file/daxajodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mbbs.hr/files/71142861388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cottoneauto.it/userfiles/files/ranojakasiravilixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614076440bd26---84328215435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korealabels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92919482246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.nesdb.go.th/ic/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rujovivikig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5eca7305176c0c5e6a780d9e45ce93ac/87366840843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourgans.org/userfiles/files/59937492691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ownlines.com/upfiles/file/xasozizis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a298155f99512de7b35bd5bb966f309/susazuwebibajogit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spandoekland.nl/userfiles/file/849619093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tk-weld.com/images/library/File/82428035926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingssuffolk1.com/uploads/files/sisov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/xoxobowijurabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=truecaller+app+updatePDF 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_off0000d99e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD99E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1B0 18144 bytes
SHA-256: 64c6344880d93d67018012b5c4774d4d4e45bb4eb108f2821481b28f080eb4bb
font_02_sfnt_off00012088.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12088 10088 bytes
SHA-256: af82be10c762aa50fa385e39e410bdcf9321e489e5478c12b1c812ac9d3c3e0d