Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1428030f81b7940d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 20:35:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 99acb725383296e16849f65c2e2f01ae SHA-1: 4e666f726d3a60e7e4571ef5ad95202728872152 SHA-256: 1428030f81b7940d86527d71eae4d208f7b1d947b19a4fcdd23bd0ce326bcdfc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. These links are designed to redirect users to other sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f7af7bbbdf---gatuveniwepojotafu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rlangkhan.com/upload/userfiles/files/jitofirulokodivor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oletrans.sk/editor_uploads/files/jaxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jdjfjx.com/images/upload/File/nifutugurilenepisumukef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedcal-wpbe.com/uploads/file/42824802196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elistaprezentow.pl/userfiles/file/39133290850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgjst.com/upfile/file/nuwez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bangdientunhk.com/upload/files/lureru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kco.su/userfiles/file/pasor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79146edecd---xegitolewapipoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fo1i802s56nka093s04ttv9546/mawojisirodomat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607926b06dafb---viwixat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7d61fff652e7d33e746eee2ff5edbf1/legubom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea520e2b3f---76019347317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6ff7e7ea94---lewizaxusaxikepaletalomaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://relaxzenter.com/uploads/files/98688687869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planningpvedh.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rosalajiwekebenoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1759de8ca284c95edbcaaaa79fae452/17744701325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haohanlegend.com/Uploadfiles/files/19585666885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd85b6cc934---39194165510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/971da7cc46026b3125db2b90721464df/jivilotelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quiltingacademy.info/fckeditor/userfiles/file/sabulisidan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0823396fd7---pebovenitapepenisoxoruji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/15647467341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=the+kingdom+of+god+is+within+you+pdf+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_off0000d8f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8F7 11200 bytes
SHA-256: 56fec4bc17a1ab68c13b2b88fa3fc51feb9dd7d36c607e82f3b7dc7381de9a28
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010af7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AF7 17232 bytes
SHA-256: 2f42dd7efadef49452cf48d87be3726c19365386669fc0541d5313bac3af36e8