Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27fc42dbdf188533…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-06-16 20:54:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: bab2d9200a2227cbc28d1e5933eabeb6 SHA-1: 08b337f6febb50835be68e151a9daf49c0a23382 SHA-256: 27fc42dbdf18853391acc49980b7bc465209d0ac67a2eeb7b6a6fd109783035c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external URIs and embedded links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish users. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, preventing a deeper analysis of its specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bootstrap+4+multi+step+form+wizard
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093212351fcd---rojojuwosavasifuxosuzuf.pdf
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce10945ba1797b447968b112a8014791/xivejujifidaravovav.pdf
    • http://pastoret.it/userfiles/files/41802146855.pdf
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/045cd5c4653079b6d66138bee96dfa08/53743732445.pdf
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084dded460a2---9044483043.pdf
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5b6966c26775468218dd64198f81eec/nasujuvoruf.pdf
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2f484a7358300d3dc59ec47bad6c677/63050015940.pdf
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608308e4ce469---samilegatovevibegul.pdf
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4o0j4des47m4i1a2qfdcnp6c7n/57958476717.pdf
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e35518bf62e30adc6e6ba16e12df3b75/10049132688.pdf
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h36kkppberu2ig18p7s021s487/muzesotunu.pdf
    • http://www.melloecastro.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160913f4c24133---koxanekisotudigeg.pdf
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/84766308365.pdf
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075be298657f---7027590588.pdf
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aea0f5631c---gefawijoma.pdf
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a32b6a9fba3---71435557726.pdf
    • http://elitvorota.ru/f/file/faloxovuromisevixesav.pdf
    • http://kayapaliinsaat.net/file/88742625158.pdf
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pt01mdutvqmurocvcooeu7k0uk/64838632206.pdf
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813e4dd3223---50299340047.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010f21.bin
47e05e7287dd45abf6b0a4b679fe45c90d5729f2b5e2baeb85e3ca8a241afadd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F21 5464 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000121c5.bin
408bf0526205dabadff1aabb282bc7ea11120afc9ee89866cad9868701291e19
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121C5 11916 bytes