Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1af28d8c1a6885bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 16:10:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8ff6c9d2ac4ba7e5a2c975109f1d08bd SHA-1: 2f95f29bbfda60af199048dfd8ba30a9914451b2 SHA-256: 1af28d8c1a6885bb091ac06c17f170247f745c2c934e4f2ffca2f115f55fa9cd
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic suggests a phishing pretext. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites, as indicated by the 'PDF_JS' heuristic. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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 http://lesbambousbleus.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/wodomaxiki.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sukaunited4d.vip/contents/files/wanugeradojomukalajorob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniquecharacters.com/upload/files/modarofunuzilob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.weldcor.ca/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/verujaden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investincarpathians.eu/app/webroot/media/files/zumavagunubaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potravinyav21.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gixagan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaowebsite.xemlaco.com/uploads/files/81904874546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613045f21a951---24564165163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leinerpakgelatine.com/survey/userfiles/files/tebew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiachristian.org/uploads/files/sigof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auswallendorf.de/userfiles/file/nupeluvegelavav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthimaynhapkhau.com/upload/files/dimimugixikebulet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gonguyenkhoi.vn/upload/files/tosugugaseme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a105df03e2---lafodemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f29fdd3866b4c52dfe8499d52281c70/5824591373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://take114.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_F9F104C77642E77A.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14136365896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluelakehomestay.com/uploads/image/files/bupudaluxofowaveta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infiniti.e-library.tw/uploads/files/vonuxetoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banlinhkienlaptop.com/userfiles/file/73624080556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianklein.eu/Quansis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28944040463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://888spirits.com/userfiles/file/nuzeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedfightalliance.jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75283332430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/25491436362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613334a30aabe---47720550411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=the+best+beginner+drum+book+pdfPDF 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_off0000da9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA9A 18100 bytes
SHA-256: 91ad41a11bd0055a7edc5635d102a13068bd6713935327dec889e192539a23e3
font_01_sfnt_off00010939.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10939 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 7cc93c37434bf96aefd465d4ba5179345f90357be5cb7e5326af7a4f573609d9
font_02_sfnt_off0001224e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1224E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1