Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28934c3363b0c460…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.2 KB Created: 2021-07-01 21:08:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: ae641ea7b98ed6932e70868ec6aee721 SHA-1: ab6e955ecdb3b28419044b3f3f01b4f8039ae98b SHA-256: 28934c3363b0c4605215ddcc859124339e45779d37da284626bb9ed8ef3be9f2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=army+initial+counseling+examples+for+nco PDF link annotation
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/lurujakunabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857344eb07f---67585978126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzjksj.com/images/upload/File/92487168808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c16145c6a7e95606b1b1fdf623beeead/43099119907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/47074155162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a0664eca5f---40262774296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3623c302fb3faf8d418dd8c799934d2e/laxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826fc348eda---vijadedivetubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e57fcaccc746f0a039dfd14b982251e4/43755781724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/refin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khonggianmang.com/upload/files/93183011381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078416b3683c---sijumosigojowonun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ediliziaindustriale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1a46ca5fc7---15882184353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871ae921a0f---9043464953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3768f2d2eb---23153377410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aamdqpfpr.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/55904997280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/he05fuvs0e4v791j91gqb065um/durisuvinugatironom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h1ngp1k4dcgnt78d05fhgjr7ot/buseripasanesutavofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0a0a534358---vefavatutopajerosanala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f4e634894fdb50a826d77d35aedf05b/rozel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/6565276076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r7oitrfa8r783suodc40gu5lb1/54031939969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717e8ca9af8---lugepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://componentcnc.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81617862774.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_off00010df9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DF9 11120 bytes
SHA-256: 48ee1cb8d3e0f778a9af7d7330f3bc54a880fbe3a8a7862168028b8bbee8bb15
font_01_sfnt_off0001280b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1280B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001401d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1401D 16680 bytes
SHA-256: 6d8037ed16acc839bf60411a72219e8816cfcb92acf44dee41ca0eb0f8cf4b31

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