Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f27c71a89384828d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-09-04 17:55:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 7dd85489e5e856e35f72f195ce7adac3 SHA-1: d6439e5a91d43b4316f7ca97f7528ad6e07b9ba5 SHA-256: f27c71a89384828d43d03ee70446e243c5cf586a7081d7e8235523672c2f2f77
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c6c73abe16---94143238546.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://miele-service-center.ru/uploads/files/ruvidopatobibupejuxike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/54845928034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buildinggodskingdom.com/webcms/file/27789088995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/950745944c5ec56e821a3fcb7572c627/wobexi.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95otldl9hr4q1pc7ahl5hv0hk7/824679642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/363be8253aff97275ccc01f59a22f148/foluzifiseriwemesewab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pritchardreunion.com/clients/81409/File/sigazadolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.albispanaderia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17c5431987343bf8e24db476437927a1/7385320592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anjingliar2.com/contents//files/jaziliwewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acd6ef3e89---80955186758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kr1e09c3c0fr84ib0lqdji1352/1651449963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/wunepusepafut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chilegastronomia.cl/uploads/userfiles/files/96092257105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111e59ad05ab---55522275543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ae036ddf1---93993137763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaurrieta.net/USERFILES_JAURRIETA/files/jolusajiganefewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mepho.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44523065752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://highrise.pl/file/82929031191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/17105016186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gesas.it/media/mailinglist/file/kedanozirikuxulusud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6419d74a87---tenezamewapebobifuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc7dfc97d1---3948992042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recit-de-vie.fr/userfiles/file/pumatujawutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buildinggodskingIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=strategist+book+pdfPDF 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_off0000bdb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDB1 16744 bytes
SHA-256: d83317bb157f9730aa687daf0bb49f1d190be4dbffdc4552b52af4f48a496a17
font_01_sfnt_off0000e87c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE87C 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 07acd56240528932f9f687fafe0f4f864d2dcc8a0af08855541c8a0aa5ba52f6
font_02_sfnt_off0001012e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1012E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1