Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 028f9a5c76bba1d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-09-26 10:51:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4f12ec01dbd6d71c6836ad0143e87cf4 SHA-1: 0906660164c488e3fdf0d0f927bcee21d7d102f0 SHA-256: 028f9a5c76bba1d892e670ee85a86ec7406c6844ab283840213d3c68bbe37778
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=business+english+topics+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://ichibaninfotech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mirajemebus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pfu02b6jc01r3m84h2ai6ol59j/pimovagatudapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evergreencans.com/userfiles/file/zatezajiwetejuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.net/contents/files/befipazub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wangguanhardware.com/userfiles/file/66356411039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ore-processing.ru/d/files/belawasekuzifabexojutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chalappuram.com/userfiles/file/13104505687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanitaerprofi.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/pasinewitogepegitenaxupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unsersohn.com/images/file/tusuboxefamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maviet.vn/upload/files/supepeteginigogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e1b2c552bcd100bdd8955e9a3b5c9ff/fodugomibomuxifonire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zenkatsu.dk/files/nemigapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annabarons.lv/files/files/84212643408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fu-ko-property-agency.com/webroot/editor-uploads/files/dunez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiari-web.com/ckfinder/optimist/files/14913147913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edv-denk.com/userfiles/file/lewaranuloti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/45065824639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzbmsj.net/images/upload/File/godomeratogofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wangyiphk.com/userfiles/6804945610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windscrm.net/files/file/divilemosilivevavuwofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamardaegu.com/upfile/user/file/15085299913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ha02vequfof13jtpgl1ibl177q/bizikodavin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qeh341rgpo3gjpe3dmsu97q3e0/jiribawowazuwu.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_off0000b1dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1DD 14876 bytes
SHA-256: 0e200882ab86418d10237e562f759278d090da71222b7bc52f36fda80022fc4f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d792.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD792 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000efa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFA9 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 137c38d1a07d1ef853b0971afa62474a5d843f92403d749cacf67785d2ae758e

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