Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27fd4d91aeb6b0bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:51:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 8a666088680b7d6491d5aaf8db0700cb SHA-1: 71a0a234f91e0b6530fe6ee82ec9745f2eaf4d89 SHA-256: 27fd4d91aeb6b0bc1ad8f95af96f1e64d1a19c5697de981da9df11ad7679e303
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly suggest this PDF is used as a lure for phishing or to distribute further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=let+me+see+you+pop+it PDF link annotation
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd4405fcf13f06c9bc3c167a07573063/fimufenirek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asoriofrio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nijajaxivaguxinuwewib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawyerupsmart.com/tempimg/file/74946455189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://posaonakosovu.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dujufugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2362ee81f8---kujipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ff2561a73e---wedemufuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/imvklomtjhn6h9e08d2daemnp1/gepukiziped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.omt.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83530878734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca7e4b4f82---41345723815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097c3fbded65---zoneketevutiwabemisagep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd9bcfe7c0c---95094426681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/sogokasubokodagejobum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camwater.org/media/files/podorijupita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chhsmahs.com/clients/8/83/83f479e57a8bbaec88b4a04d821ef24e/File/xijalokibijabizapipunudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6e02583a8---vutulujukamugukopunol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jun-travel.com/userfiles/file/1912307987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anieliasfx.com/uploads/textareas/file/27376593315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a073a61639f5b00421e962fc584ffc00/samilajefirudobumakop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bb8a77f1d05845d6c7d0cd0b307d062/volameje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df408f175d---katadolegalevok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livres-d-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vorijoterade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b37732659---87108645690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upchealth.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c8f35577714c083a96165024ac099f6/zalamirebuvesixifojiga.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_off0000c629.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC629 10172 bytes
SHA-256: be571a984410bee3c8978da84a296abbfb0372a2012a9e006afd3c7f252576a3
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD02 17088 bytes
SHA-256: 147e19438c2628ff6df7d180da4e13d0c29d439431e914ba3cd7ea6464c42765
font_02_sfnt_off000109cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1