Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28887deb7eecd7d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-07-09 22:13:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 112bdc53ce0556b4fb9a618291176680 SHA-1: b392a4dd178a735100006cfaf9fd715e8bce2186 SHA-256: 28887deb7eecd7d46e30452bd781cee260020193640eff6fa3046c698d9bcc56
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and UTM parameters in the URLs points to a coordinated effort to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=digital+electronics+and+design+with+vhdl+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ef0ad2abcc557cb500482a8fb792e3a/25264315148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7ad26085e6---25495057936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsck-cykelmotion.dk/userfiles/file/36993766874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f51ae918b3275feeb55e9816a7e79d7/33199023703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nct-vn.com/userfiles/file/kugipujikuxedereved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f964fc3eab86a1c7cb87d9ec62dbbf67/50462939606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e8a128ccfc---82121217901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsuorui.com/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210701/file/16251229366391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ba9de139e---risitisasujozuvibos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q1u5f1gtfs2n8tlglrcvlr38i5/lumuxuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095ecd6bcb95---76297561207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/files/30106953547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e576dc8aaed069e6cd6b370e62c51683/nutanimowudege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bisenzia.it/userfiles/files/tesirewepenivalupakulawel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfacfb29aa0---49967892765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/593ce43829f6f8f0f3115a57a19dec6c/gokoxogetogosasuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6sv2oqhvgod5aoun9ff2n4jhqi/66741713305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/mazipejufovopexuleza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9e9430730d---jefipikumejinujeronotux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a07fe4e2be4d0057fb0c9aed8cd0554/taramevelusesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qian-ho.com/upfiles/editor/files/94255033881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nadamasristorante.it/file/mibovubomatabad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamkinhdoanh247.com/upload/files/konupizunanizodovenuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radanhorse.com/resource/files/nejigepugekoropaxi.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_off0000d71d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD71D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF34 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 7094c5a78aa2dffdfb1eb609bfebdbdfc9bc134670a40c8af473d3911a26c1f3
font_02_sfnt_off000108b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108B7 17052 bytes
SHA-256: ecaf273df3da6e8acdcb3e255a369896580950efaa0f860c677c117718d58e16