Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8927270dce4cfeaa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-09-12 11:56:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f1af41456f4dcae622b49f59025d62f8 SHA-1: 5fcb2cc55baf01295f9bd6fd61afd3183f211e9a SHA-256: 8927270dce4cfeaa4231819f1618ff3a53690874d3117ae8551424579830b847
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains. These links likely serve as lures to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tamil+books+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • https://99shayari.in/userfiles/files/5256746142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://styrexon.cz/userfiles/file/14639444435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srcchaika.ru/files/uploads/files/9731463087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f99ef73024---7057266489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kossuthdigisuli.hu/userfiles/file/38359855521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juentai.com/userfiles/files/wevamupirunekivowig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elma-itc.ru/!upload/files/sokeveza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muacash.com/webroot/img/files/fusaminizukekixulosix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksi-system.pl/editorfiles/file/95578628047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sensitiva.fi/UserFiles/File/xezivela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jurabos.nl/include/editor/file/bikajeduzifox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nilesk.com/userfiles/file/mukegovekekopudemabizora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137f0a324c29---85492830897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ciesol.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puxopuxufulasanijopibaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/amii894o11m0l76d10fjq9te63/34269065202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fontan-montag.ru/img/upload/zazaboxokixizog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fermobkorea.com/userfiles/file/20210909161950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161374cec2125b---kuwez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613153a21ed5a---mepofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingwaterpure.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71037104418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finalstage.biz/js/upload/files/fitibifevidomulan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161359d47bcc3c---72672374565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matchedtubes.de/userfiles/file/ginalujuxemumagunevur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khyatiinfotech.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bowetonotesexopaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delfosventures.com/userfiles/files/33976808006.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_off0000c159.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC159 18180 bytes
SHA-256: 33385b3e18ca97bf89395d7d8c7b63c967fc9e75ea6a7485eda00426374b3844
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0F1 10612 bytes
SHA-256: ee332a2ddd9ab65971ecfaa1ba8034e99a999c3dcbcf3cd1ed9277b13b54b834
font_02_sfnt_off000108fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108FC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1