Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 527bf499ff772f73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-09-18 08:43:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1b0087e177e36757816332d6a6599348 SHA-1: 3dce755b3e0767b6f778e764ca6701e8e4f5b0cf SHA-256: 527bf499ff772f739ce61f50fca8422fafdbaa75dae08a1998dcef8233d35a68
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a malicious intent to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest this PDF is malicious, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware distribution by hosting a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hbo+max+justice+league+release+date PDF link annotation
    • http://afro-safari.com/upload/files/jaropupazora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunwayhk.com/louis/STARKGROUP/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63946754593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioghittigargnano.com/userfiles/files/rusegufetokiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/rolatesafig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessvaluationapp.com/fck_files/file/32882034567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89eeffbd8e2dd90de33af812a9847cc5/79585957130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafegreenwichvillage.com/uploads/files/towanasufuzobula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystar.net/filespath/files/20210903033437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kit-veron.my/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25668552137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qazaqbanki.kz/data/content/files/37435619544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamphuhiep.com/Images_upload/files/sujotewalonigajirupaxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d93b3d2dca---karixoweteje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assisdrive.pt/userfiles/file/gulugiwiwuregevotajesewem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sys-svinding.dk/userfiles/file/vupikelazolejefuzopit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzcil.com/uploadfile/files/leruzelonewasiwivakapod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maksimetall.ru/files/suzinumubobiwoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161338db470bd6---kulorasulekedotoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w.radeton.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/defabunexetejineke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbgnfinance.com/userfiles/file/33838500718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibestedu.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/gevesepazuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134352d2c4b7---55048586127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienlanhhuubinh.com/upload/files/zovojogaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hinodecoder.com/userfiles/file/xezipiruju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://libertyrealestate.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mifawijikofavitokesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e47538133e---43029372020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediacentre.heathrow.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gugukolukexi.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_off0000ef00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF00 19644 bytes
SHA-256: f69e3d2b9004e300769667caba16170abbb660d10b38938b20d7d09df54385d2
font_01_sfnt_off00012180.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12180 11072 bytes
SHA-256: 99f55fe34d18390f3197472c261e5b40dc0060b407859466b24984f6744cd7f4
font_02_sfnt_off00013b1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B1F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1