Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f27d914c0fe55f0a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-17 10:06:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 910fd8965d1f439dc48fd7be8eb52d1b SHA-1: 1d15733fa1fb356806b2904fd9e8b71f9411a5b1 SHA-256: f27d914c0fe55f0a99e68aab1b26c95b8e7443e841e04715c131cd6ee73443ac
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to various websites, including those hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/xuwugesavowajovexitakel.pdf
    • http://stroytehcentr.ru/images/file/62210006164.pdf
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab95be3b677ca86ec76fa893d64024ed/dijifo.pdf
    • http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/36027322450.pdf
    • http://jmyhship.com/uploadfile/files/49791720646.pdf
    • http://stellarp.com/userfiles/files/nuvulu.pdf
    • http://fazendasaojudastadeu.net/fotosempresa/files/tesafasuw.pdf
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46e80a9678c74245bbf2737f9f7fe080/zixogajopagajukagigu.pdf
    • http://gesht.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15434251018.pdf
    • http://tcsm62.org/uploads/news/file/deviwijilulazobuvewa.pdf
    • http://maidichike.com/upload/files/13911327746.pdf
    • https://zzhqhi.com/d/files/33857091074.pdf
    • http://permagnet.com/upload_files/file/2109110403113857979m8i21.pdf
    • http://ifap.it/images/file/xesin.pdf
    • http://w.scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mexufir.pdf
    • https://www.tratedu.net/ssss2018/assets/143ad273/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/userfiles/files/a114a9d54dddf82e206a305b19a870ee.pdf
    • http://talk200.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/99359928803.pdf
    • http://leeclinic.kr/userData/board/file/80082879381.pdf
    • https://twinslock.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fonozivejigex.pdf
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba5e28c3787cbaca42db7577a7c42459/jekowano.pdf
    • https://www.natursany.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mubezavi.pdf
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142565a203b7---94687236363.pdf
    • http://cokhihoaiduc.com/uploads/files/pegita.pdf
    • http://modero.vn/upload/files/nigukixijuk.pdf
    • http://dotykbylinky.sk/_subory/subory/46994229859.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=hide+it+pro+apk
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dfbf.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFBF 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7d6.bin
33cb15b79c3abf0f840eea11a4863f6a0cb79546605f44c1c08edf2e42dbba75
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7D6 10152 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010e94.bin
4daf117ad4c6cdc57fa64b5db768fc7e095b10f0b08ee9d5f2d0d390f473a442
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E94 20648 bytes