Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 028b38b040c3a925…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-08-03 06:28:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c2115fc9b2aea5711b352da62b8ef6b9 SHA-1: 3416825c9ed8a17f3530c19d6d4dd0da1e95f793 SHA-256: 028b38b040c3a925bf552adb8630abe8f49342b99dc69dd48d64fdbe93fe5802
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, indicating a likely phishing or malicious redirection campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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=esen+yay%C4%B1nlar%C4%B1+10.+s%C4%B1n%C4%B1f+matematik+konu+anlat%C4%B1ml%C4%B1+pdf+indir PDF link annotation
    • http://skiflogistics.ru/userfiles/file/53196459116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tajeer.co/userfiles/file/patifufales.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/70679473854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mn-lawfirm.com/box/userfiles/file/mevepat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dhba8bdko4c8ca0cc1g1o8vq6d/biwajonufokizatagosowesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9208b6d20a72639350394780a64f34bb/liwaredadipubixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/gewibagowerogejujonejuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/342f99dcba9f8f57cb21f4bdd50e7bea/58794919544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b29da5d39fb---bepopotumak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c400f1d6f895a4f2c4142cea47550463/57390331356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archimax.ch/dynamic-images/cms/file/wurirolowotelavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readandenjoy.ae/userfiles/files/48870913443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944d665eb0c---59084973530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607279604b206---72595450518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jhte0udsr1i7hgi4f350g2hgnl/lepumizonunuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5e8707906c023d706371842ec4e60e6/gumejujurum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c35b69cd0a41c8df3dd9dd6ccded6dd6/95929046173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usaoxin.com/userfiles/2021-5/file/puwajagatewawuliwajabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/od121fmleuj3758sc57urn073f/61348246868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavcam.com/upload/ckfinder/files/10554670379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsdarvin.com/files/74216280941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000bd4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD4A 18544 bytes
SHA-256: 5be76b575eaa19c6b6444569635798de39109413ce58be18b22f97c618092989
font_01_sfnt_off0000ead5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAD5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000102ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102EC 11232 bytes
SHA-256: 5f1660a6bbc648f95ffe92af951265fb0f40e0ace01a96609b3b243fdc092f04