Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe27fdbe8fef0fe7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.5 KB Created: 2021-07-01 19:24:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1da2d8dc3d65049c2d658e25d3868144 SHA-1: c96c87ea2e20295e1d976c9f734e77ce3470cbb7 SHA-256: fe27fdbe8fef0fe7926fdc4fd0f069d3c530dcf0d7d05f04d2bbf988a4d3aab2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure point towards an attempt 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=brown+recluse+spider+in+pa
    • http://younewstoday.com/task/userimages/file/67082937282.pdf
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20e7a9ae81c9dc79ff5622bd2221b50a/42419988149.pdf
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/82764008226.pdf
    • https://groupunsur4.com/contents//files/68271048047.pdf
    • http://villa-margherita.biz/userfiles/files/18286786251.pdf
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/neh1vrd3gk8aqu4oe2jh2jinij/nesepe.pdf
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da41fe7982e78670adc09cdedf495861/wirixuxisonojokoboza.pdf
    • https://www.nexidia.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c176bfb5e709421142582c663188cd92/woxawejisuzobaginamize.pdf
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b05fe6ef4e0---79698962840.pdf
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c95d993f80---93628588412.pdf
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607891fadabfa---sojakiveluxofaz.pdf
    • https://parkettworld.com/upload/files/34633749124.pdf
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02277e3638cb8ef8342c484304631d88/57222029686.pdf
    • http://neurooperations.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tejidemomaxewibezenin.pdf
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a87e09532a8---gakik.pdf
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/60423981706.pdf
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fe5560c7a6---wejusojowutaxidigejomori.pdf
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vb77bb1coqg5a2h4ql84d2gd8k/zezewikededozekolitapipen.pdf
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bfae0c332c98b5b1ebb68075403dd5f/guvupodakoverixupi.pdf
    • http://cfh2.com/clients/d/d2/d2a7b52150a7a947468b52e9b7560e3c/File/piwojuwufebo.pdf
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/421a1fbbeac6bf54179b28342d8a86ba/93734655229.pdf
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/jomamu.pdf
    • http://palyavalaszto.hu/teszt/upload/file/47884703860.pdf
    • 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_off00010b9f.bin
b9bab4b929fc59b229a147556f6a4ebec5f33eacab78950f2c3b5258b922776d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B9F 17128 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00013834.bin
d11483289f4dec799a7c32f5b854ff31c1473dcf962f6f4dcc02851dd7eee00d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13834 10648 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000150c1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x150C1 16792 bytes