Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f27d88a1d11f913…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.7 KB Created: 2021-08-08 23:45:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 7a74547ed2fe8469dbf1d4a8e9fd1430 SHA-1: 2afeb753f56cce78d93d3c45b4b9d0bd4ec220b7 SHA-256: 7f27d88a1d11f913cf9cdbd6df011d35fc5ad5dd89ca3c9f0224e0c4e9a5e232
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for information. The presence of these links and the overall structure indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+type+lowercase+u+with+umlaut PDF link annotation
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/90035729003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/67959400005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://produktybhp.pl/pliki_user/File/kawitulaweropuraluged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d83377786fb3d41f65eaaf399fd012a8/32771989503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--bren-mgenwil-gcbf.ch/sites/default/files/fck-uploads/file/37607689050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympicburger1988.com/uploads/files/rugiguzesegitaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ebb28ecdb---2623040398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koszyczarek.pl/userfiles/file/97626634409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712e3fca4ec---75590746803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msiutilities.biz/documents/9694427801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bociany.sk/media/file/nelurulaxoxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szwygs.com/upload/61245889690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778c0734400---99828520244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bzsoftware.com/Images_upload/files/62526807918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160833c1d96256---levonomuxazojizog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b813765f6a4---69785016082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://language-coach.pl/uploads/files/ruxunatoredubomejamezote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dental1970.com/clients/5/52/52cfbc2c58cc98a1938bca6351e90795/File/logozixibuzulifamitelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nbjht3maq7s532gndn19ssr09u/85615580978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gezond-trakteren.nl/kasteel-doornenburg-img/bestandenfile/bafumibegenoxezodejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/5100100150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/parasazedewenafalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--ob0bjxt9h99icicrvkksa421cwwp7hiv4d6a.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57386879512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/98523804006.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_off0000fcd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCD5 21940 bytes
SHA-256: e49a3b30fb5d2e4dddb23cd8914f2a90655eb73adcda4c8bdcedf0c9a76b7523
font_01_sfnt_off000131e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131E1 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 5b2c64ddac4341f3d1097ec7d14a30380735a8cbe68406993d05fe88ffaba9b9
font_02_sfnt_off00014af3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AF3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1