Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 827c56c924bc5d41…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 09:04:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 29620212e7f75731f9030646aa74f0d6 SHA-1: 99ed317bd0fa19bbb6784c33c1c1ca0aced34499 SHA-256: 827c56c924bc5d411c471ab82b5ae031a154cf42303973a44d79e75e8d4ab423
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of random URLs and link farms on compromised infrastructure are strong indicators of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 9

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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 https://ip-kamera-rendszer.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bigopetibanupadilidebop.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pijntherapie.be/uploads/files/japivibirilawisatalolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahirealty.in/admin/userfiles/files/puzakemigijufoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knowleangling.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/viperigonuzegujagawopepum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://demo-jesma.shopcloud.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1963157514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ihanzao.com/userfiles/file/20210909065502_1240899602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18sj63ka2kfailkrdo7cqj0lk2/bubaxowelelopupelapovobod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musthighschool.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zumofagenetudifariwepap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e81818b0d1c284f786f921dd61451329/56502621932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariobubiniregini.eu/userfiles/files/luzatajapolibelojosiwob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161364bdb98163---bolagataruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f9981a82be---jurewejipemetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefencedocumentary.ca/adminfiles/file/92877094378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vektor28.ru/userfiles/file/lekotemufiluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eric-parnes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mudakonev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613096e3af3b4---3072056019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s13cf5ef.alojamientovirtual.com/ropadefutbolbarata/userfiles/file/69103676700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddhaart.in/userfiles/file/74772534569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcus-1.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210907_1C9597D27617F7E0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-kva.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35837861915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gk-eventus.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duvevasilifapad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioassociatoemc.com/userfiles/files/39743033669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daeryuhealthcare.com/ckupload/files/kefetivujitufijofimugugid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=hotstar+star+download+apkPDF 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_off0000d56b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD56B 17884 bytes
SHA-256: dd071b469fcd179af1d689773762c0dc75da4e4ac33963e3bfb12f756a1b8e32
font_01_sfnt_off0001046a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1046A 10332 bytes
SHA-256: b654c352157b979af01c7cddff3573908ba53b6b2c4634e91b4decd6320d7421
font_02_sfnt_off00011bdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BDD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1