Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28199630edd9cab9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 12:38:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 0323e69407088835ee67063cf5df6ed9 SHA-1: 22fc153ae68fbd8dccc859b216d2a77544800e1c SHA-256: 28199630edd9cab90b7f12f3508f23fc5d7b375ac9b4e1e6f6b48aa53f3e38ef
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and embedded URLs point towards a phishing or redirection attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610bb7de0482a---sinakokaxuta.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nhadatv.com/webroot/img/files/14450086334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://linza-market.ru/upload/files/76019892363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tmtteks.com/files/47434829919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://falconshipping-uae.com/userfiles/files/84162783615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atiksigorta.com/files/95914623785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingwrapcarspa.com/upload/files/kazosulivivagegemidideku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nazragame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/25156340404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/28475528066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://score1forspencer.com/clients/4/45/4587145e2679cb7673d0e21b436e5c25/File/gajijoterafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/30344621518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/90374205001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cdf0cfa2d376129842f51cf02e3121e/kegolitipabatubugajoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160861d08bc717---86072471836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puppiesjust4u.com/clients/c/c8/c8a8d0e690f73854b1e7a5fbb9521f82/File/28800035182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a78be3dff1---fidav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideatity.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rikarur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guineaservicesproviders.com/gsp/files/wevavowolijamepakuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bepxuyenviet.com/upload/files/85571319141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winpoasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11428025518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/01103000672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangjeom.com/userfiles/file///debunarozewobixitajezed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/rinut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f7097839639e63c7eb32e536538efdf/kajolupowazoxovawuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c24d053ed56---30189203296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=signal+words+simple+past+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_off0000b987.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB987 16100 bytes
SHA-256: 12e93bf16c5324bfbf6a6272abf8ca7b276b4f55187c606ec210e40cf2582e58
font_01_sfnt_off0000e281.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE281 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 52affdea9a4ab2976490dd23c3563b4625ad995ce12f6100c3ca9336b66a4f2d
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbe2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBE2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1