Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d27400abd8b02b41…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-07-01 17:10:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 827f0d0413ac0a056e01859ff5843390 SHA-1: acaa06f5400337f43f7f8c558e0afe818d9d7b70 SHA-256: d27400abd8b02b41ae65e9423ee38f6eadbba3249f323d6d4d0bb370680e6560
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=material+requisition+form PDF link annotation
    • https://pmcp-avac.com/files/upload-ckfinder/files/13265058311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071540312af1---95270203091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089f4d50fe0a---80097622196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/49685581617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e3e59ed53---memasatumepimaweneveva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607579d473998---pevubasimimatusonunete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6q1cibbb4muk1vbbo7u29ru0q/6763458868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8uk9je1ns7igkdmkibin9gcb9/duzalumutevuxevinosawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calisnt.com/uploads/files/85273670712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6a599c0b408a34ea13c94f76dab1e3b/15126918927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d796fb9d6657839f64bc6b4946a04d20/bimuvepusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ergunaygoren.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f1c80339c---sekuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.com/files/31322286917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e59c19a77---60953485907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/115466c2d4be410d422ac2386e1f51f0/dafapezubijubalef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b2150f043a---45419056364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hani-bee.com/userfiles/files/66513056221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070bc81a73bd---18608816654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e21ed3d72fcf4874a266d93069706fa/nedinomibega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9df1c9d76c2889bb9d1618eb26ad8314/bamokujisezonefibotawut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sadiqandsons.com/userfiles/files/dokuburem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160715380bdac8---vipalezizezukipesiromo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnysideclassof64.com/clients/a/ac/acc4ccb49d7935ca36198347b895393e/File/81751131654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d15468b71---10092739537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rymwid-training.com/userfiles/file/jinixolapasokaniso.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_off0000f741.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF741 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010f53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F53 16988 bytes
SHA-256: 7ca3629d9563d5e40b5a67aa4aea9b0a422e67843c0a8a08eb60a5c1cdc325a4
font_02_sfnt_off00013af6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AF6 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 809c8307adacfd2ca5336cbea133d28f4b28cab7af5416b0fce72610a6d535ce