Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d27620fbf734c3e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-07-27 19:42:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 821caf18f69fe5166a243ca47f67ef43 SHA-1: bd9962c34a2e7f001e12e79b17adf1302808e560 SHA-256: d27620fbf734c3e5b39053ec0e034f21dffd3778fb65c5a8148dee3be21e18e2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files or redirect users to phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94b03e540d2376f186c5be7b65074140/rivarimorepokorid.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.rs/slicice/file/77351059712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mdteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86705773694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa52ade70b41be467c9653309485ffb4/92564111407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073166718a42---muxiwanuguzikajetit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioghittigargnano.com/userfiles/files/japaripiwoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c849a8da1174baa20e3d5f6455a58673/18178850395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160969d1c5ca46---73524744477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ptogel2.com/contents//files/puvelipijojeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdwtechnology.com/fckeditor/file/30114274973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00li0cvd2ds51am9a2iiskrrk3/tobimojutefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/74510544255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/pigomonajipafel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahtiyardishekimi.com/fckfiles/file/jitinitiwinug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m7chdah0681ureuj70couobev0/kipejerutexexexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burragebrothers.net/demo/jolie/beta/userfiles/files/vuxukir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606deac9ac28e---gemetogozovuvep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088c104f39ea---xegemifeniruberirabobot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msiutilities.biz/documents/gawubiretan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbc.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83521945365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c6hb8rideg1rh8e0nlla39t3f/23230728602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096b32626db0---41239289133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-styleauto.com/js/upload/files/96063250181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+much+will+it+cost+to+have+a+civil+wedding+in+the+philippinesPDF 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_off0001023c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1023C 11104 bytes
SHA-256: ea0acbbd56a4025f6d85a3e71b898a0545fbf86c8698a557578f53f16ffaa365
font_01_sfnt_off00011bc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BC0 17164 bytes
SHA-256: 7dec88b8105922c1164555e3a0f416991b58333ae11c57c8c1c37b10c0f82912
font_02_sfnt_off000148b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1