Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b27380b6353c017a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.1 KB Created: 2021-07-06 04:21:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 80855258452818f7369950c90a5203bb SHA-1: e69435ff3f3b50421acb9bdd33375afd97f4cc52 SHA-256: b27380b6353c017aa5ae7157497771c9d1edc6f0ae1f21532dc8198f3ead419a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a likely phishing or malicious redirection campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of numerous URLs suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9923

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 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.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=shades+of+purple+codes PDF link annotation
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6052bd99a8405a801c722b9e07811be8/12533515305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/tikokeruxawufugepowite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowichanseniors.ca/userfiles/file/pudelufokuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b3415723f---xunute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ausafe.net/images/art/files/31599587120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highlandcougars83.com/clients/2/26/268573c5102cd00412bac87cee9346ec/File/64526114376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davisfolk.net/clients/1/1f/1f1070e31f35868a9a13f38ee7dc887f/File/kinopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/gobitatalejod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ainut.fi/userfiles/file/lawarozikekonugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d761b8ae1---8112505455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160747e4053bbd---dupade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.armstrongre.com/files/files/31382855320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/visetizixutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brune-schmuckwerk.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6529403696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.m2asolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2021e45a74eb92e6793fd37abc1a3700/fawikiwufotelagumaruwuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b75295a514---73101775476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc307e33373cb9086e5a85de03d26427/59116947684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb838c7b39---kuxiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aivieksteslaivas.lv/userfiles/file/46239389179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokorny-podlahy.cz/UserFiles/File/tepagipivigemor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riggi.ru/userfiles/file/20256476344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thaiboat.net/image/upload/File/66240662908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rre1s0ddtt1b6t4bjqdodvl990/bosuwafuzabopaketifafet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhavalaya.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juxofoniret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n4vqgfvi0f6s8lf6slurv77pn6/muzugakuzevopuvod.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_off0001230b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1230B 20336 bytes
SHA-256: b60e6081cdc2af3d0883d5af3a4bec3213bb7642d51eb41b1898dca08b44e72e
font_01_sfnt_off0001570a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1570A 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 2c9a04f414d1fc193ab9af3f6282ff446898c927ffbe86cb1b55242807e4fe74
font_02_sfnt_off00016f5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16F5B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1