Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b27d61f72ed107ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:17:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2c0369b78d8d0137e9b40dcb530667d2 SHA-1: c205c5a66db35a66518c5dee641e867624590b84 SHA-256: b27d61f72ed107baca1e31096e3a10c07034571689ccb8720b0fe0beea604298
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains minimal text and relies on an image to deceive the user, with numerous embedded links pointing to potentially compromised websites. The document's structure and link farm suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 http://maekalocal.com/Maeka/UserFiles/File/48103627930.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607022012b3d2---63442026533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noihoithanhtuan.com/media/ftp/file/70882918230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ave-france.com/pics/files/rijodaweva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7678ea4ad---dadisubuxuzosutonupov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085fd3abc027---78853837942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reguitti-engineering.it/userfiles/files/66108249952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/binifozoxemoxodotujasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engroupe.ca/aym_image/files/forekixebab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/001db70d03f65aff9e944fcf40c1c54f/newazuvirazifagila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072bd3fec088---19514988766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc252c58c9---kezofipetil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylplj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46348648746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ashleymongolia.mn/uploads/files/99984598731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtshotel.it/images/file/77254009336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b576b5d3f4---3405253364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161024f047ceb8---44144019707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/24579920387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ae089f965083f0e6ecfdc11612a0ed3/wogubodurokununidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/38907986080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cubic.is/userfiles/file/polakawob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arc-en-cielproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65916824502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+clean+wax+out+of+candlePDF 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_off0000ad8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAD8C 10388 bytes
SHA-256: bc7d5a39677b473ade4519daa4aa7a578b79986dd60e7d51448c7e48117dfcf5
font_01_sfnt_off0000c541.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC541 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000dd53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD53 13852 bytes
SHA-256: 2dd256b7ee2d990482cc574c4ce86bcc3c4fba7d2e4ba20a20d4a35b75b5ad17