Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 281e90368d9b127f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 00:46:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f8528817ee8138f4c551a44c54515693 SHA-1: a5f70056dc299379cb1f14a06c957e2ccd871c34 SHA-256: 281e90368d9b127fb9fa131b8bf16cef9d19df267f70b89bca3c3ae39b04a52b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier, with ClamAV detecting it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The file functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that point to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting. These links are likely intended to lead users to phishing sites or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9914

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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=advanced+quantum+mechanics+by+satya+prakash+free+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c2eeb91fee501109611c80adf36b96e/nubupupefuriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddee6477b70---manezetimelimizemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruedi-leuthold.com/userfiles/files/12018146141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebel-moscow.com/content/xuploadimages/file/81839118040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.portaldasfreguesias.com/portugal/vianadocastelo/vianadocastelo/geraz_do_lima_sta_maria/ckeditor/ckfinder/file/xopavesirusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aftckwt.com/uploads/file/83875838355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608de18127aa1---76969898164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b3ct0dc9bc4a4g.com/userfiles/files/14236563956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdcd26116cc56bd36e7d6893250bff5b/18344195667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8f945b879a---45368103431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubmaniacr.com/campannas/file/vafigalogunakuridokobew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://le27.fr/docs/file/kowebokavodafel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxethai38.comupload/file/dabiwitinuwejubaxajam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b0bedf98e---32626284126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc18jqc024b9srp1mil9dt2tab/dutokafusape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121798a41e34---87838637683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a75296141a4---fovumivetedap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankamet.com/userfiles/file/7509167562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngusacdon.com/upload/files/69137331201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b99be13bae---mabagovafaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oreade-breche.fr/userfiles/file/fofuzitotusoxowurazel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c0fb241732---vitixekujonowupafidepojob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlzj.net/upload/files/20210530073233182706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://megalightgroup.lv/uploads/files/42613122581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0da32de41---zujaninew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075180500da1---31620886268.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_off0000be0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE0D 11608 bytes
SHA-256: 2f6f0c2506d28e97f9574e4a5d03d8c880a75ba49233a9d4fb3788c821e26c38
font_01_sfnt_off0000d915.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD915 15824 bytes
SHA-256: 0ed12f699c54f8d12cf0e3fe36fa09fafe6e5d97f8a29ef2bdb2cd55e8f460bf
font_02_sfnt_off00010110.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10110 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1