Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28a723fabd7a6fb3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 10:14:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: a46d9ab2c67a5da78ae9366aba0547ce SHA-1: de5c5c7742180078acfe2d608ee416e18e995e86 SHA-256: 28a723fabd7a6fb3ec2ffc2911a45e916404c419264b57c9279fa16d05ec67b0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards an attempt to trick users into downloading further malicious content, possibly disguised as educational material.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=significant+figures+and+rounding+worksheet+answers+chemistry PDF link annotation
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/217d48161edaa8df913eba454e1a53d4/lalogubowizixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thestarbusan.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210809_72FF6E76EFEDB517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poganyvolgyi.hu/userfiles/file/kiteku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bnjlujr5j4at5hoaca3nq99odc/gawapavekixevabalinasixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e48d22a658---82641414764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/46638955584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/gikenixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4a9cfebad5---kirunisujowux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9b9962d408c7877f700cc743572563f/zidobizajazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dereformasenalicante.com/archivos/files/mulebafevoxudidadan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/lutilizix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolinakrzeptowa.pl/public/upload/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55660457821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afro-safari.com/upload/files/13952776007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/riwibafebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca10264e8c---bovuwudovukopibifoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e6efd4d4c428b320569c2e573a6f79e/kazosid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fo7k9i29a3rgjaleb0um73m7pj/busigali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840dd346ae3---dulenupunokarixelugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gat-asset.com/CKEdit/upload/files/99221676995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allmassage.net/upload/file/20210602180558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peeweeslearningcenter.org/clients/5/54/545fcf94abc6bccf175f3035c740e6d3/File/gokudib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omegapizza.net/uploads/files/70691677207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-praha.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80836049627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namthangbasaltstone.com/uploads/image/files/93360102725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkaganjil.com/contents//files/21459593497.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_off0000c76d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC76D 11344 bytes
SHA-256: 1e19e94b2ec08b85355ffb3f659a479f194731b8b7e959b30a3a18f43006e017
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1D9 17200 bytes
SHA-256: 6576fa103d251a53d9428fc738c6095562e5d7f6a241a57961944e26ec31c6c1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ea5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EA5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1