Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 327dbd8ef85629cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 13:36:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 04f248d344f14aa2659c51b00187a85e SHA-1: 49a4513c2a4be3825c10a4d90af629884ee81c50 SHA-256: 327dbd8ef85629cf29937e7c4c18ce74e1cd3a25c456c80a4abc2e421b4e11eb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to external, potentially malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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 http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e3edc12ea---xisup.pdf
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adee5506959---fijite.pdf
    • http://teplolux72.ru/upload/file/82953023644.pdf
    • https://chornakorn-packing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nekabinopudimavibisisake.pdf
    • http://cesishotel.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/lidok.pdf
    • http://wjcopy.com/upload/files/jexokefewuvuwonidopi.pdf
    • http://avvocatoandreabruschi.it/userfiles/files/zotokixeporesovabakiji.pdf
    • https://distriparkbotlek.nl/userfiles/files/witilajepanonoga.pdf
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720523bf634---84771510636.pdf
    • http://ohana1bbq.com/uploads/files/73071547504.pdf
    • http://csc0311.com/userfiles/file/20210708045257_hzh5iv.pdf
    • https://www.saammohaseb.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eba57b91c976e7b26602559ec455711d/wufemozojitatesaroxeja.pdf
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc5768be3c---fatuvolumaxa.pdf
    • https://vatlieutaphu.com/upload/files/volufaz.pdf
    • http://kiemdinhcan.com/Images_upload/files/rifugapesimalunusi.pdf
    • http://uk-finansist.ru/userfiles/file/vinovawegemimebepir.pdf
    • http://gelikonline.ru/content/Files/39519040390.pdf
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4e9dc688a6---rolavubirajaganag.pdf
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/98631107431.pdf
    • http://indigobaby.eu/upload/files/fitav.pdf
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mecobt9peql6jgfvu6l0992gah/zudebadidekalarunuzuf.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=motivational+stories+in+urdu+pdf
    • 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://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bd10.bin
46b7c8ee402e3b72f6f004cf11692b9572d3922fc7a21ff02008014919323005
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD10 10648 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d59b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD59B 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000edad.bin
9ced4a217c4d58a9bd3289f229b2fd9aa2f442e021dccc035f1d466d9893f60e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDAD 20464 bytes