Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 288a849328800e0a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-29 22:07:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 8f78bd456ed0f685b7d0ccd9106b8a91 SHA-1: f82b3bf3fbb403eafd7d8e78aa197644aeadf2a0 SHA-256: 288a849328800e0a501a6af03a17738efeca08096bd24519432b743fe2a5862c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised websites, likely intended to trick users into downloading a secondary payload. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not directly analyzed for specific actions, suggests a mechanism for executing malicious code or further redirecting the user.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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 https://inchirierielicopter.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a1ab6cf35d---ligubanenirifekujojawef.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://shipnhanh247.vn/asset/files/10895294667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f08eade915832ebb92839f8f9276091a/56186067956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ac620f80371fedacd2080766cdbc59f/lukejuxibabofaderejipolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-hematologica.pl/users//file/tosowulebasis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780edd95c89---23570947265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://year-c.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-10/20210710185230272918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dhesient.com/media/18553476015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://consultingexpert.eu/fckeditor/userfiles/file/kesose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astro2sphere.com/admin/images/file/meridolinokikazulasobajig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/64016162338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9bced1ae10---21051657068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mlmrockstars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faxemukisadaxofomos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb330de7d16---nojagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089d97d0552b---94624585805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2d452471d---bupidalamuvesinamipize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marthomaiticherukole.com/userfiles/file/giralodudujirep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021042922015985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ats-dz.com/userfiles/file/69754117059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608551d94fd6d---81954060554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d06dc11a40a43c76d08260c7e9d8ca8a/86063861076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=canon+mp+navigator+ex+3.1+free+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_off0000f031.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF031 11248 bytes
SHA-256: e8160a06e9649042cfb77da6eac4c2fdfb03a2d4182213422d59b41a308332b9
font_01_sfnt_off00010a7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A7B 16980 bytes
SHA-256: cda58107a9d353a7a8012da7bfb67b312a5417eb54082f8355dbf1b1e6814d66
font_02_sfnt_off00013708.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13708 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1