Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28783fdcac052611…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-07-19 00:27:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 5dbd3984e818c76861df83785adb2bad SHA-1: 39f703e9c4be3dbf951542a14f3abf30a5e2b518 SHA-256: 28783fdcac052611b064e879e56f8f3a78983512d1a25a1ae94e27b54c7aeb24
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains numerous links pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of urgency language further supports a phishing or scam attempt. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure indicates a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://umrllc.com/userfiles/files/pafezojon.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a431e825ebf---53935455246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euroinstytut.pl/galeria/file/90951877877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pattarasawat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2395458080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longhornrings.com/clients/0/08/08da48574b41509ac7bedcf2500dc652/File/fokivavolafubewamazowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ashsnca9f9s2v1cugthinlms6k/26222814489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096560ed8adc---wosekatorekidefexelaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/97559854044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b1cdb7a943a15f23f227c6eff22b3ab/ziregaleku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5i869nppa7v472fl7sco5o1c1/jimuvexos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982de323ffc---midipipafox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-22/20210522015248145297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rotherelectric.com/files/56810440992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://porterbrothersltd.com/app/webroot/uploads/31126631049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saxonrt.hu/img/userfiles/files/visezaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iglozawiercie.pl/zdjecia/file/30767851804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permianhighschool1970.com/clients/e/ef/efee9fcbc667252fc4b649c8163d3733/File/53114192768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seventyfirstclassof69.com/clients/60772/File/vovozofokixera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c255130aca1---56184198315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandamaitland.com/images/file/1833137351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/gogegog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsskzy.com/userfiles/file/vonufamurapabawigav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamasia.net/upload/files/74074391402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://d4sontario.org/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/vojigamizadodos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa24eff52b4faf023fb4b4ac4b5a9056/50771777173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+take+i+pillPDF 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_off0000e4c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4C6 17108 bytes
SHA-256: 09a489d239ef32013a1086b8494c66509249b75e64b92ea795321efdc5334e6d
font_01_sfnt_off0001116e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1116E 10044 bytes
SHA-256: bb474ce91b35dd67937c8e6f3d2b87c21e90f8b5708fc5c394ad7724a7dfbdc7
font_02_sfnt_off000127e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1