Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27f898323e73a296…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-08-14 02:01:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-03
MD5: 376ceafd0f9c3029ef3c993721cce8ed SHA-1: 2dab626cca54e0fa9e09acdf72117e8e33a288eb SHA-256: 27f898323e73a296bcd2992a518c667be32f8a271a3b94d8df8782406ecfd606
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms, indicating a potential phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the heuristic firings point towards a malicious document designed to lure users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://dawahcity.com/userfiles/file/luvugitejewozomitekurijo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://seyrimerdin.com/userfiles/file/39365255378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a83dee9f99---31583476510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ie5a2o31ru2rts74cutrn10kpe/duzeborodekirexiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a53f739a45db077d9214ad68af7a6ee/lulevufojexupewofigimik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rwdwebwebdesign.com/img-aim/files/fejowirukozotuvupowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5006a240ab---28302209074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af07e25c71---48654632060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epos.nu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/donofezebepexek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c956a795f6---71492512289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fvv-hohenfelde.de/sites/default/files/files/wubejofip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95b4b90c81---kikinixeziva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-17/20210717062337643653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cnn-logistics.com/asset/files/97963393445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094174d29d74---ranebozob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kyanite.tv/userfiles/file/16122209357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://golden-candies.ru/webroot/files/files/79416149053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daearesort.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210610_D50137446358F766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a09673ad33da3a9cefa04c8cf767f9cf/71022072656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c19ab50c39---10822202194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4ec243cbe1---85835510247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ea5e5d23a0---96068804740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd23e40041---47619584438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=barcarolle+offenbach+score+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_off0000d819.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD819 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f02b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF02B 18668 bytes
SHA-256: d57e0571404851def318aea01ed3149bbb6380eccb928c5c09e127fb72e70f21
font_02_sfnt_off00012050.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12050 10720 bytes
SHA-256: cf97334265a9d41f56da77327c2345ff3ef9a2c8c03cabc7112852faf9661b71