Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28b13a20e0cded13…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 23:29:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c08c45cc6b8d04a2e7dfbe30762f0e99 SHA-1: 83c5785cf60d8c67a1ad902e39e1173fc1311bec SHA-256: 28b13a20e0cded13e12ed6e501afc84abc9d7138c6d3f068f67c2f199a47e289
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is commonly used to redirect users to malicious websites. The PDF also contains numerous links to external sites, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • JavaScript action low 1 related finding PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://dp-engineers.com/admin/userfiles/file/bunagutojimaruforadi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcbdc4652aa889889321d4824e0f262d/83000537518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaparatt.com/images/File/guwowaniwoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139dc1d7fcec---50067984244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naasschoolofmotoring.ie/fckeditor/userfiles/file/vegaruzuritag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yigang-lin.com/uploads/files/202109040858008865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saatyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/61429964718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detaycopymatbaa.com/userfiles/file/57579191378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613733271249f---wobetutiwotizuxivix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vwb.mrv-educationservices.com/content_file/files/sosugujega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stvorki.ru/files/file/11196083645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiniceshine.com/upload/fofak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ff47d98eef---wupifarakepatefal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qataminational.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/42409267689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fundacjaproartis.pl/javascript/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lidolikigalawebufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gc-antey.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xupewowumebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gruppopolidori.com/upload/image/file/vinazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-3/20210903152947228908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pcparts.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zekajega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ydchem.cn/filespath/files/20210908110857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://awinresource.com/uploadfile/file/gisupovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matkinhantai.com/luutru/files/60753092581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garage-fuji.jp/js/upload/files/xudud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sendedianqi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-14/20210914021529244308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bargiel.com.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18438962453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=chrome+split+screen+androidPDF 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_off00010b8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B8C 10808 bytes
SHA-256: aa2e7614310f91c61da6412e35e6126bd675236c66d7b9eb02eb0c1ef655b77e
font_01_sfnt_off0001244b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1244B 17568 bytes
SHA-256: 784594e38033a4832c9d8919eb1c6d776d45e0fad3e5e51cafe74e8e778337cc
font_02_sfnt_off0001523d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1523D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1