Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 101c28bfdec454a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.1 KB Created: 2021-09-11 09:44:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: bccf880c9c6652980cb3797957225603 SHA-1: 39c784ef753756808b43b080c5f0a6d4a8b380e6 SHA-256: 101c28bfdec454a6a9fee37e7e7f94978d4e6e1093f918c7c0ad3017b3b56df8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external PDF files hosted on compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 https://perfectprojects.ro/userfiles/file/lolufiniwajoti.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://metabolitplus.ru/files/file/50196077260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhsonhoa.com/webroot/img/files/22589844414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613067ea9dabd---93716971468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelpenza58.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34625293055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://koratspring.com/upload/file/wewufidove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chiringuitomediterraneo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kejunupajeboxufulovadewex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emilygrilltogo.com/uploads/files/56778477102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f97f07bf09---93943827608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/miramalifodevukuzavuriro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soundspace.eu/Upload/file/jaduloleraguvanafupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sswjeans.com/files/2257351992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skolky.info/foto/images/file/28244480412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtecommerce.it/public/news/file/lejemolen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://el-tall.pl/pics/file/44949468597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://we-plus.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xenokapojakepewifenuluvip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autopsrus.aerovents.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lodedolapelibepisukerosaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galedo.cz/www/data/cms_files/files/62412317751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613327296a423---nasozazarosazubuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anakmeong.com/contents/files/62408834738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christschoolblr.in/userfiles/file/subiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/xabisinanapobewojez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smingames.com/ckfinder/files/lisimuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f164bc93fd93b65afc424e5b58dd922/sefidojitiroge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siposferenc.hu/html/pinidixabonixapitotud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--22cjbbm2eyae3ehabdb4kqdtae3dxnnc1fhf.com/user_img/files/pijadej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=new+sad+song+downloadPDF 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_off0000d2ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2AC 17416 bytes
SHA-256: 91599175787cbe7214a3652ff07a3112e0cd4e9d9c0ea08565905bb573ab3b12
font_01_sfnt_off0000fffb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFFB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011812.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11812 10196 bytes
SHA-256: e474a940b32cad6170519ff35d53190e5209d77c2e260bd4c3bcf58b633b7bfc