Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28185583b9a68dcb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-08-27 20:30:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2e430e14d56ddbc52a863f43c35d4140 SHA-1: 813de1992d356b14a282bc6d215f90fbde1309d5 SHA-256: 28185583b9a68dcbdc83c2aac9c100a28585af97b526f13c16a07a7a5a0485f4
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. Heuristics indicate this is a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. ClamAV detected this file as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan', suggesting a phishing or trojan distribution intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9843

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095c3f6af7bb---jugowaja.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://impex-italia.it/userfiles/files/8967316281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzzxtl.com/UploadFile/file/20210812011438010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vstarmp.cn/upload/files/20210718_192755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valubil.com/public/uploads/cms_file/cms_files/63307137594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f47571c6d644cbb50e0e6699c3dab2f/72915487082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc8a080de173ee5b317e4be02477b426/ganad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phannhan.vn/files/usersfiles/files/sapaxazumumoten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andrecampbell.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21cf2e821ba45e8eba09b42b96d63d92/10211263510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098aa58bcbe2---66221235535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technoarc.net/userfiles/file/39655916733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drxzhang.com/userfiles/file/xidikawokaselun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nacyc.jp/Upload/file/kofelonidevavawexase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinamakina.com/userfiles/file/patoramafaroze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd8b8ea5e81---gekoxurogumux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s3bjnfg7p9jq26ihls1tg1og01/73309998960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aab8aioy.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/panamuwoselakikobavopule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/49290448822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c1aab38c16---wawirikuwukote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cwesp.biz/upload/file/nelewefigixuvexalujojako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinhdaurosa.com/Images_upload/files/zanivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c05c82fec34bdc23f186f9891d1f1c1/woneva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/61396536366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gsde53e5p3vo86ul4flcvcnih1/93806882904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spotiverify.com/ci/userfiles/files/tewedokarabalobujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=price+comparison+sites+for+online+shoppingPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000cf96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF96 16120 bytes
SHA-256: 8018b7f093f5d225c30cd327d1a64729d566fa1fc82c20242cb18e72e19c0b2f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8EF 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 730af90a7788e3655227bebd5417dbeac1925902b0db69b3e6232850ef1fbdaf
font_02_sfnt_off0001120d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1120D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1