Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27f833ed420ee50e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 09:43:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 965af0bd3a1e9d698222077357e5ba9e SHA-1: d6a1228214d129f08c7c3e3d81da2150efeb976f SHA-256: 27f833ed420ee50ec4307a1e1330453a6d9878d0e52064a8ef2b543dfe17511d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' suggests a deliberate attempt to create a link farm for SEO manipulation or to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=6+letter+words+english PDF link annotation
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55ca337caeffe3ab62459c6f92d42cec/61305177616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.makattakasinti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160746f9f5ec6d---vabobalogubipokexupimivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amon-syotengai.com/userfiles/file/jorebaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c10327f248c---99468437471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodchambergolf.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52025298753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odumakus.com/uploads/files/lirege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095812b6444f---29595309132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eedf0b75b5---47258789886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c35870e0af4---vosejuvotimifugikirow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b50021be4123fe06efe0ba824a058414/jigeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b868f1b6d33---25425068016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peretprod.ro/content-images/file/50582942713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/mapuvafufisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a7ffbde8e5---16145453526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5efd4aa69---jojodozijujonalexes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioident.pl/photos_fck/file/seborebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamessham.com/admin/usercontent/file/zokowevomevilena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c296de9c60d---sugomeremifufot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a73fe68c455---biradalepex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anoh.net/pds/userfiles/files/zamoponovuxixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8dfe79c771aefd6f8b46533c9f13a72/wurinapabujulizifulenuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a2a035e9e068145acdaca11d1ea177a/84844596536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3be2a1f2e7---nuxajel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkalc.com/userfiles/35873965136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ebac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBAC 10520 bytes
SHA-256: b61c6abd3ad268e063fef936663810644a041ae8e8a4d27488a34e057c6c5c4d
font_01_sfnt_off00010367.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10367 16852 bytes
SHA-256: 7fedb0719b189d79b7cf1a10a322ffaa48f58be968b01addb7eee9d0e2b8bcfe
font_02_sfnt_off00012f07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F07 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1