Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27f60d51bd1df483…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-07-07 03:12:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 31a81123727a846af9267f590d4d462a SHA-1: 949752774a35ae8233ead3160d30af40b20ab6ee SHA-256: 27f60d51bd1df4839edbbe57480e3e05814d18abb799f89f10176c5e54938c57
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are designed to host further malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 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 http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac588e8ea21---19281097722.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092bd5b249b5---xamowoladomomokikef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bunodajudikegorererejit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dahchen.tw/userfiles/file/nejekevejafewaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://earthtalismanjewelry.com/clients/b/b2/b27d4d76c51cd35ccef873a204118430/File/katixegoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iseveranscopy.com/upload/editor/file/53060977833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.net/file/wumesiwaminalojofonujaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdfa882d69804f88e8f6ade6ccac0da3/95744799585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160907969d406d---50597569772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://choinka4x4.org/cms/files/file/91309364976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/sivuvuxibuzevudilafejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876e12aeaca---49971865547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingluo.net/uploadfiles/files/vezufokurokofovopulata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a29e3ead77851f681bec1e2daf48d9da/pubuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca3cd6a9752---xepeduziwore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcb4a0c1320---86558158001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99debae4982ec0c8855c8367820bdfb1/34247517223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://france-ex.com/images/blog//file/15654817599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160768df510b96---lanolofuverasuzimibotake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shannonlakeestates.org/fck_images/file/4737336253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transport-vehicules.fr/userfiles/file/fofinovuwax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfe86946334---xuxajitumumiwoketejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alburigiott.it/userfiles/files/73347755340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=signs+of+epilepsy+in+toddlersPDF 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_off0000fc61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC61 10700 bytes
SHA-256: f964742a7eef84a76f2dccd2e721dbd772698f7a63d3193f2cff6660c3c9f787
font_01_sfnt_off000114d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114D3 17744 bytes
SHA-256: d1c783ebb67fafef0fe15f810224ca642d782ed684e0d6ad086feef080b976c2
font_02_sfnt_off0001437d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1437D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1