Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e27249250ffa5bd0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-08-24 15:25:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: bafde6550629e99d57b723b65c1da6c2 SHA-1: a1b81b69d7c402c861036040e579f82733a17b1f SHA-256: e27249250ffa5bd03571ea34b227eb7429108cc3790fc3bd66403d4c210d7fd9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to execute malicious actions or redirect the user, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern. The presence of multiple unknown URLs suggests a broad attempt to lure victims.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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 http://xn--aknmedical-yub.com/uploads/file/doxufipuvedojunukariwoz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sheenabusesandcoaches.com/userfiles/file/20049259438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/zijofawes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bc1762476e---36298954631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massvt.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/fokedosewapaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atkarisuli.hu/userfiles/file/39966275441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fumujanofir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lohs69.com/clients/82366/File/nivesovavisagoled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d8fc490ee3188bd7c17ea9ec57e2345/44690122547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f55432b4c00173df3f4fe260c0f8321/73923782331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nensi.si/upload/file/62835763710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svx.su/ffile/file/51679427215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eternalbliss.net/file/topes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59gmpqjdhtvvoftd3292rhjot6/48612006406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jordan.si/dokumenti/file/lerogojesifeziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yamamatoen-wanwan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tabavumexosukonesutokefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thechelseaff.com/user_uploads/files/febotufif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cba97938ad---81010569431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cw-cut.com/uploads/file/fuvubijobomona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f4ce73d2cec2ea7f3f55ede6d54acf9/bifotigajikemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc9586ab4cf---moduzuguwojumosojijisenax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607055761e0e5---77562743811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celiapopememorial.com/clients/4/45/45605e685ba8a3b32f56966823665796/File/98587848476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=pounds+per+square+foot+to+pounds+per+square+inchPDF 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_off0000fd2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD2A 10920 bytes
SHA-256: a3bbdb19342d830a64d20211da027880fdcfc7beadc9b623bf319dbb88e8e005
font_01_sfnt_off00011634.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11634 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012e46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E46 16604 bytes
SHA-256: 8b5f92d4fefc6512489f7732b375395a12e15581aea9e67a8bcb3f258c2720e2