Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28244dfd416ac558…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-08-18 04:43:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 4758ad7524d7157e150852777a3b993c SHA-1: 4aa9f6b87b7601111c52d50ffef93d8ef2447279 SHA-256: 28244dfd416ac5582701ddc06b854dfc57e2ef6fbb0180c635f0e5ffd35152a8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. These links likely serve as redirects to phishing pages or malware download sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77142435664.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/fazisidakuzakokujadil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/modipopabejivinaxovubijud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab9293fe8d0f1cacd5e77ecfa5e29845/poripu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e16993d61b---novixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/rudiladupivenavijiloxuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d473fb833e7---25378935926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nakipoglugroup.com/upload/ckfinder/files/povafebek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bba294d50daf3a3cdff67c2fe35d504a/fetevel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095c8b1f203d---87324871996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rncco8lbmt5oka2v8ac4nooj54/90534658697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swissfun.tv/var/www/porn4me.ch/web/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31301789636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/26435743785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rbc-bezorgdiensten.nl/upload/vekutokilojubelitebodon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoyi-chuck.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rubixibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cisseo.net/userfiles/files/85166104224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7f8dee2e1a---93328223480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7b6b1092ed767abab26aff7796f998e/18197571617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf7d84200357d99af476f1aca8a8fc64/96648187761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c995243633---vojokedobanifijubemebewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://art-ball.net/files/file/tovudepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ezibra.pl/upload//file/ropejegimepofuvabes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f9504e52a9---95516612623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/48575411037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgocsm.in/userfiles/file/59848421821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=google+chrome+canary+offline+installer+64+bitPDF 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_off0000e4d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4D0 11320 bytes
SHA-256: 128346d7916efd4c063f2198c543ef39a168c046014d999861562b09db3df5f3
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF5C 17956 bytes
SHA-256: 19a6f3595dd6eef1c261928cd0cee14703a3176b03ebaebdd8b4e7c3c35f1d00
font_02_sfnt_off00012ec5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EC5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1