Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b27432d469fd138…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-09-20 13:29:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 267761c5b6987c79ae7154f348b528fc SHA-1: d0f14525ae72c906bf84485e11b52fe8c602b82b SHA-256: 2b27432d469fd138c6a1d12a474181b68cf945fccf7e39d27abb877c3131d66b
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to various websites, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' and 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristics suggest a phishing or scam pretext, aiming to trick users into clicking the links. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous external links and the overall structure strongly suggest a phishing or SEO manipulation attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+emulators+for+low+end+laptops PDF link annotation
    • https://doctmcooper.com/userfiles/files/37159624990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlspandoek.nl/userfiles/file/14254394673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steinemann-ag.ru/viwawarozubokex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watosaphotography.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/20210908_162637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://criminisiepartners.it/userfiles/files/sozedaxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.village-gaulois.org/gestion/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jakumevalejumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sqc.jp/user_data/editor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/49021253388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iowatriallawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/96228218515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dooleysnaturalgas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52877182820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazraeir.com/images/upload/files/denosovevutofebimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghinelliarchitettura.it/userfiles/files/rodowewulavixurasorivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22bf84e60902364bc85f788fd35cb3f4/3461975626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emploi.nat.tn/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92409733751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yulintimber.cn/d/files/fadidirelozitopida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gimhaejazz.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/96404760374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m8q5ps6kshqtvogq5scme47ii6/lugenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613070b5d2c3b---nawuzenolilaworefexoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-praha.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65061437671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfadent-volg.ru/images_uploads/files/35197931997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gizmakina.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/39249197029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrogep99.hu/static/media/file/wowademanasotenuzutenip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b0069aae6498033625e2b2d3ba8f11d/bisujoworegexoxowime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139c0de72495---mujas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taeguektour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210902_EB9F457BA81FC182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bd2d31b6cb---21618831427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jikaramen.com/uploads/files/78665137600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-dr.com/uploads/files/202109041128548062.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_off0000eddc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDDC 17308 bytes
SHA-256: 639913ad1c8058d28622a00c5f9a73a95721b99393b329af776f42f9ee4e1868
font_01_sfnt_off00011a70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A70 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013287.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13287 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 04b6d6393c783092d4cb2c6d3d3f6b8a19c59aeb1900b0a6fd3abf15506b6000