Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 627f9d7b404be046…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-09-20 00:09:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: fffd76ca2899804a62665f6fc30f6cf1 SHA-1: 9b880e81d3c7d718fcb43303356dcd9e48e5aba7 SHA-256: 627f9d7b404be0463e090a09f475d3560d7c8a799a0481a36a9cf45b3f0f184e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links.

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=steam+android+games PDF link annotation
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/mugabur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161456af9e6580---74195719853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chameleoncoupons.com/adgprocessing/uploads/files/mujosotidurudagakil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gruppopolidori.com/upload/image/file/winekamifore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raljob.com/userfiles/file/84182304955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoachtercamper.nl/userfiles/file/37701845852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://danielstrehlau.com/userfiles/file/57203694750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rewitex.pl/userfiles/file/42208099662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adtw1.elfjane.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51131051712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quesnelbusinessnetwork.ca/userfiles/file/xasuxanukejazuxitejoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lasallelille.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jubezewikuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profix.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83036662991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5974293.pasarantogel.com/contents/files/vixaramimog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raljob.com/userfiles/file/puvitufevivoleraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrybupaslaugos.lt/uploads/files/97704924115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelport.pl/userfiles/file/84011628461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c6d6be53bd---vekije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cylinder96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76865865108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.truca-taoules.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74420857144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birudongker.com/contents/files/rupewimijuxojaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161381d59d7bbc---musefokuferimigotalasat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomontironi.eu/userfiles/files/minololitanazaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ural-aiti.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96537221824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuilchem.com/userData/board/file/ginefuruboliwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duoctruongxuan.vn/userfiles/image/file/pagaruwimigumofobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildongwire.com/userfiles/file/73361158670.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_off0000f7d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7D6 16616 bytes
SHA-256: 25389db2f6d6ea32bd2f8425ff0663161fdc6f362514738552a443b5e4200b38
font_01_sfnt_off00012312.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12312 10620 bytes
SHA-256: ffa6393e65d12f7f82a1294b57a38271f4d1fe4a62eba9444f0fd3a1caa2eb0f
font_02_sfnt_off00013b16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B16 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1