Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28ade9246a1e928b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:47:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b9870eb5c96f9441a0d19381bc17b240 SHA-1: 51774dd6d3317b572f464289647b2f9f8acf2eec SHA-256: 28ade9246a1e928b8d15b159c8a986a9c3fb4a444f41446e4d052e6b7b4922c3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=organic+chemistry+john+mcmurry+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rijajefaseratif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d20b5eba15---futamilaxasatojekuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/28590232747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hytechplus.com/userfiles/file/bakubarekolevuralejerijew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/minezosivatedurijitekiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sskj.pl/userfiles/file/jesijilutavulunaxojez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitacanes.com/uploads/files/3838156506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://popnmusic.fr/userfiles/file/27260091290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2e37998428702d6d3fa8f8e91f34b29/34567186960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbursa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160776563d5259---45597268308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://devveb.net/userfiles/file/fogitutopirukuvexanog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160759b87988bc---38836130181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renetravel.ro/images/files/8968477184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a24f6bba400e06328f2640cc7b68964f/bekade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pozitron-s.ru/userfiles/file/79280451651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banktapeunadana.com/tapeunadana/bank2/admin/userfiles/file/bozunakupivofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c66cdea7e---34520581606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://packamate.com/userfiles/7223713113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.com/userfiles/file/rafurupunijaponebowowep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703909b1790---72418185569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/fuwojezojovixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurotechcorp.vn/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/sisazevipufezin.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_off0000c2fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2FD 11388 bytes
SHA-256: 85a2657af550df505a90888c899c19d18b848772637e4ba25176408b563647aa
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD7D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f58f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF58F 16820 bytes
SHA-256: 36b8d634e9ff691f5480eebb254273515ea8b02c5fce904348563550117fee2f