Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28375b76fe2d6957…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-07-24 13:47:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 13f5c3ae65e64dfbcf8733d6c375bd00 SHA-1: b69769627c5e264cedc7fbf9505d81275b3ac2ce SHA-256: 28375b76fe2d6957a762578e06547e8c1771d4ae00d0050001103122aebd885f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious files or redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure, likely delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/nijujesi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://planetamama.ru/files/file/62542739758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbchina.de/upload/26737629977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2e302071e6---83134282585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.basur-tedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608150ea0a680---50912592428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unserbiokorb.ch/userfiles/file/wosuvidamip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rlvanstory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e070a3e3f19a10d52c4dd00712820cc2/352727458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yorktownhs1987.com/clients/57482/File/11617384470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jatyn.cn/upfiles/202105/file/1621880898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c87dd6ef29---rifopokojafov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ibhec0sutjvgfj65r4g0chst89/vekokawawedubirefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starlightcelebrates.ca/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/733315476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsck-cykelmotion.dk/userfiles/file/vopulufofolijifoguzuvudet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furniture83.com/upload/files/33308877716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antasboru.com/guvennet/resimlerfiles/teserekivaxubebinogefeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sentinels.ro/userfiles/file/9969830787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ruat8j9s6tp3dofrll76qvp9ec/98723828042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160773686b8847---bafisigelojaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b2d77c60a---35578373544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2874678b5---83249500125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04dcca617bb622a2207101aff86511b5/tojuvefinowifemivitozene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naoshima-habitant.com/rukojovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawyermo.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/35211943291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condominiovillage.com/userfiles/file/57331994926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=twilight+saga+breaking+dawn+part+1+in+hindi+full+movie+downloadPDF 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_off0000d0f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0F6 11444 bytes
SHA-256: 1820e59881bea7edd031811d62a3eedaffee3a9a71b8a01223e6daf7bd2d8da3
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB82 17272 bytes
SHA-256: b9a0e004b3f02ea1f4582574ad2d13c63ce3a9fb44c20406fe864c4468bb7b39
font_02_sfnt_off000118f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1