Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c27e85b7b5a18685…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 07:08:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1ed4ac20250de426be338d5083e6a194 SHA-1: 73084a72b2a8f4b95452531624fb3aa46a093789 SHA-256: c27e85b7b5a18685004eae6b51448ccf73e37e27908ef093f137d16d9e271708
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://textolinguisticsolutions.com/upload/editor/file/zaribes.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.pollackmihalyiskola.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85916994917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb57c7dca48bef1ca944272a0cf0eebb/89657137062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sensi-leszno.pl/userfiles/file/38541570086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kruengrangthai.com/files/files/8294948712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae9f2e72db1af17077bcf546411267b2/xosumopewapuvugimedamanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.martiusstaden.org.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63762029809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banhangcongnghe.com/upload/FCK/file/pefarigunipudukimufubisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panhongbo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/42476401745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a92a5354eeb---18078780246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjpremiers.com/files/xadiwetif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paolacaone.eu/userfiles/files/67243324402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crimesla.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/doxenef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cf8dbf99110143f36e79537e6aa6c18/gozipemafazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniroll.pl/user_images/file/kapejekugarinosefar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a5361e5e98---beganudanobazuvatos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blissworldbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/85032061233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oqeaou98mkkqqkte3p0l60i3bm/kuxalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/is5b64kkcivfofs48m7jre83d3/dabumokuzutojuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074423c5133e---nexenuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chung-pei.com/userfiles/file/78934304546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hglobaltourb2c.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210720_B9F6CB7C0F96ED51.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9273af84165c054b9861db5336923215/zumozatipoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=convert+kindle+book+to+pdf+on+iphonePDF 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_off0000bc5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC5B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d472.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD472 10592 bytes
SHA-256: f8fd748d02afbc53cd93b49b0c9cf421fd26845a0b02ff2b731676d133c7aae8
font_02_sfnt_off0000ec50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC50 15576 bytes
SHA-256: ede0e43efefa2d544d8b650d3de36c806603c518e893a65724c2ab56a79e17db