Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a27d07c2cd36542…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-07-02 00:02:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 6f980ea1e6850262425544cbb0239b1c SHA-1: 058e55eb0420a06446ad174b17de5b85f6f3cd29 SHA-256: 9a27d07c2cd3654276ddcf7b2c52e5acc5e7a07b75c2b81065f0647c3045235e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded URLs and the link farm structure suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=word+drawing+art PDF link annotation
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703f9387776---tarorinikifowuvipimuzib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebdb2fd62d87d4c0269729f2fd3d4e7e/jokadabelunudoviwevuwuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adilaltinsoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f352fa2171---gikabavojozukupoxujazaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gloriamus.org/Uploads/userfiles/files/woketawedofaxofur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0755a97e06---widosufepuvagepufodenel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/inqbirks6c7vb5f2i03fss12j5/wolijufadutusukagamujem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25fda9ced77706d406a4b04aca638f1b/zogiwexesalilexagixuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609272f0710f4---7817538676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ul64v67lvtgn1iilhc09sclfnm/98747253682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bb64479f6c---88916381320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6f0386c6e93e41ea920e9a93bfea809/zilonutimonebugesusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itchanoi.vn/uploads/news_file/loloduli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dj40ifkhq4r4iu40ts3j3skmf7/pabov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehero88vip.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/72773636841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/chqv7gbfompehqrrhr3mvj95l3/diramoxuwujadijuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8t0olq7bp41fce8u6tuo6940ai/13484180381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc1741ec94---dojetup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/njk5flbg54iudhnjh5tmvvrp0k/sukikox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc2258b5866d47377661adf7d4e6bc26/29824519395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bharatbiodiesel.com/userfiles/file/86902969937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080798c6ffe9---15765662929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coluer.ir/documents/file/vewariz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/64776179720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiaciran.org/cache/fck_files/file/zureru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b51b3c4192---85375093900.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_off0000f03c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF03C 16892 bytes
SHA-256: 0641d10c9f505b9c6dadaf43677ff9d0d2571fddccfcc4f96c9a4586317028e2
font_01_sfnt_off00011c54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C54 10156 bytes
SHA-256: dd1d6351cf1f6d076d7c2f5853b540e32d24ebcf27aaa9abb734ae40bc7f8bc5
font_02_sfnt_off000132f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1