Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 827249ed3bc0bd47…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 08:02:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ca588ddd20db920f14594454cd0d7d2f SHA-1: 6a51f321d9b661653848c2e0f5e44c8980ad1dfa SHA-256: 827249ed3bc0bd4791ae0d671b3ac5361e3eded49380907f196c68e5f9cc2cf0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to websites that appear to be compromised CMS uploads, a common tactic for hosting phishing pages or malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ae33d969f---47857908182.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3uir847hp5taq373t6ph6h925/negobofogelot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c2d7875862---dipimisuxolupabokobelot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608676f1f18fc---21343766722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088ceea7fd44---41935398346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e6677e77dc---69639979080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779bd666112---53548542158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab6bef2ac1---lobuzenisidujog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077d70bbafe0---kupejokag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f14a407fa1da23a44d8d307f14305eb5/15696303627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/159a73b03e70626a1b84fb5f43d1f9fe/58461569434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adca8a95420---gijixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874effb4bb0---rovemefage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/vewelisemowubogijakovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hungbuloon.com/media/ftp/file/davezibep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d406646d153b7cad24751014a12840c1/gizigatosivuzezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a11d671fe38---55775513023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cichanski.com/Upload/file/siliwonimavupigafofepekug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kasekimi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721455a7900---lurisirivaxuzuzimimesedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088097cb2b8a---94164984908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ucukm4kh5sub2t4k5gv3p8h9ai/92120066229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yearbookplus.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/lifibixisikijudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fulepmark.hu/nyebu/fulepmark/userfiles/file/55198475610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=a+new+pair+of+glasses+pdf+freePDF 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_off0000f359.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF359 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B6B 17580 bytes
SHA-256: 71d4c86c5094333e6912c9dd805c77cd358592d6955fddfcb77e1a967c4700ca
font_02_sfnt_off00013969.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13969 10644 bytes
SHA-256: d771403b2627a2c8d8d36db9e4a0dcb9694e632bea8aa2e6dc0e61a123b444de