Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28387a55a9c3e2f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-07-19 04:24:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 0395da199589432acbe411ddd84cd474 SHA-1: 69b489b19e5402a96365a04cc407adf5142b7fc8 SHA-256: 28387a55a9c3e2f74bd960e1a2548d641686d17ace9c85ca03d4f28810a26c4b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The PDF structure and embedded links are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

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://samsunyapi.com/userfiles/files/girifotarib.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609464c7a5c82---dotofilakejuzolaxawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4tff1dma1if61pafdv2ni9kl3e/97167323862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf1ad35608---98087466195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spoanalyze.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8160a23e0240093b81b90c1bcf5e705/84422881433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f90ac4f47---bokezezosenudefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c80a4d12835e079356681f4408033a7c/19229998968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad8f5ec6b95---navakab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/putemerininokazupudorum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e5696a1f9---fukikokapifomanuvutovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--xhq021fvrwdth.com/d/files/tawepidafarifasesudin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/sawuzikuwepezas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qkmedica.com/uploads/userfiles/file/32762786305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d25227ba56---45841974513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6473d975cf---91481691929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukrarnakolbaba.eu/obrazky/files/68729617842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d47e14dd124---99474780285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hilltopperalumni.com/clients/9/93/936f23dc4abb03f6d4a1aae2c8a32781/File/gerileredexewesapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2asee11k3r4j5b6v99iu8oocu/ritazunikigetad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078aa2a7ef21---58897682372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090af22577a0---fizavazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f147a07acd3eae9b51a6c8509065ccb/60142382768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wfbulgaria.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/33437034790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=the+secret+life+of+pets+2+yifyPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d12f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD12F 10508 bytes
SHA-256: f5edf23000c6d8d56ab8e3bf6b7649095b43697db8f3fb02c5de0aaf60d5d75e
font_01_sfnt_off0000e94d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE94D 16060 bytes
SHA-256: 8bfc5e2f6383778b4716e60c732a7e5228106b692ca52c1f6b3c0b2892049825
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE5C 17176 bytes
SHA-256: f0877835683be9d2bd26518a2d9ff7da6f075a72f974089cbd6678423f974a72
font_03_sfnt_off00012b5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B5E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1