Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 187b42df28780653…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-12 18:46:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: f28628631b33148bec05726a5d639130 SHA-1: d7f3b3aa89ea15315657d5d7fd9e7ccaa7128168 SHA-256: 187b42df287806531c27b06e076fd8ff5ad393803854ec63ea5b1b9871207dc6
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded links, including one pointing to an IP address and others to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristic firings indicate a link farm strategy, with many distinct hosts and disposable hosting used to obscure the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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 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.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+robux+apk+hack PDF link annotation
    • http://abwingstop.com/uploads/files/wewunuzalubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dakagodufasidanuwowutedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.180.103/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64563095823.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80d3c986bb84000344f3fdc429ed8219/tapaxefet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://open-call.fr/uploaded/files/zonigaviti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplo76.ru/uploads/file/sopikiwisotupaveto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mueblesgamez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8530163447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139083c12734---10365410999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eastmanllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mokurewaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://casalindasbakery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/leraxenokegopeweza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sisparts.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/92541257122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dedanskecasinoer.dk/userfiles/file/pubanijowokitalazok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortworthdental.net/cmsCart/upload/file/25697612416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eslms.com/userfiles/file/fenapegabilavezoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodvellythailand.com/upload/files/25604664742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/74528713365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahjygjg.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-8/20210908022042541741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguagnoni.it/userfiles/files/xaruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nayyaralidada.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bikebonotuxidaket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136348de0d85---bapipawobewox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/xenudomoxurubevegeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b24d5af3ef---68463126148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suksesunited.com/contents/files/5766656256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161320dd02b8e6---71169504122.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_off0000d8d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8D3 18240 bytes
SHA-256: 16896908e1575da775df26173348be62b853bbbfd6bec664eb6d3b2cdb316ab6
font_01_sfnt_off000107e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011ffc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FFC 10376 bytes
SHA-256: 11cf58d0424f43e215c8fefa21aa2103083b65cdcf49208c0c7db27c277bbe80