Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 727d11b96e70f7e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-06-26 01:00:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: b9f5b101cb54f1b6b999aaa3d701b3f3 SHA-1: fa780299005d0bc477272d3f7c1671c948483d5b SHA-256: 727d11b96e70f7e746d6ae55d824b440d798575546a8ae837113452a8d17521f
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports a malicious campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/131b0b2c08b6890a9c1fd9894a63468c/pubivupuridepewizo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://reaga.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33497973378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haai.org/upload/file/17302386249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bf072e67f1bc59565f3dfc70708963c/xijewadawapamigoxiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fgt7b4ovnkhhen3bqoknhcov55/metarokeguvujudodow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080dd8179d97---46923283680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c687f7cc748c61eaaa85cc9869a2531f/34413531636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091deecaba5f---11660979402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5984c972c9---98093100834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioneducation.ru/userfiles/file/lutuvazikef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f4d21c84f95785bd81b81df0612d941/76092210218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movementlab.dk/userfiles/file/wilexifopoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duetsepolno.pl/userfiles/file/kiferosemigovoxetex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdb7a049bda---paxoxerebibugimibovet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/98846325899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodabo.eu/userfiles/files/92086978136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160879e1fd18c8---taxuroranikor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607197743f145---dijep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/wumebijegododutexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--dlek-5qa.com/admin/UserFiles/file/sikudov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietfun.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hbhn5u9nbcjvb7vkjb52kcs6ju/famis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1733niv8odm9o3eugojmr55qhk/26398483277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609826d211429---fixibusijabutiloriwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=lip+swelling+causesPDF link annotation
    • 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_off00010239.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10239 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011a50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A50 10376 bytes
SHA-256: ea4335ab16d645a46a728d80e26ecdf37a7e6001d52b4c9d749bf16b44d850fe
font_02_sfnt_off000131ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131EA 16352 bytes
SHA-256: 20d4e042882972acacb95a63136dfde09be5d01b458e1f68f88e32a3fcde8a9a