Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28c76360249de0a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-10-02 18:30:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 46a865a86ccc50f2de13dbff0a597b34 SHA-1: 79f9d471402a59e5d8fb17dec16a1b9b27b9b559 SHA-256: 28c76360249de0a30692fe826ddda62c90687e6382072ec6b62cfd11c1508758
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URIs that point to various domains, many of which are identified as compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://medsplus.us/admin/images/file/43724371687.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hindustanadvancedsolution.com/t/tutorfirm/uploads/ck/files/bavatitawego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutunggiahungoto.com/uploads/files/8354431302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huarui-bio.com/upload/files/gaveni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://211.129.1.225/system/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31849430439.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d854e5cf1d---fixumoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlevitin.ru/fck_editor_files/files/jigenewefesegubipegiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoaiduc.edu.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pakadijulibepedakagaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://himalayakebab.irafbrothers.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/3053797858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krainaogrodow.eu/zdjecia/fck/file/82137136074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f17ae0462c---pomosavezozufudebuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohort.com/userfiles/files/ratogirabokurib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161320510e2bca---8675545327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionebriciole.it/public/file/23865898582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skontrolsengineering.com/file_media/file_image/file/zufezawana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6qphfuorpq9entr7ag3slg5kl6/lenudowaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a11i6ve1lc71is9ire50sd2eo5/riganozanojixizevera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.teeintact.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/img/file/682082375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmp-traueranzeigen.de/cms/files/naviserapefuref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hawaii-resort.info/images/blog/file/16807085257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farmaciapenil.es/userfiles/files/71857040832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rails-bg.com/fckeditorfiles/file/22576606144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.com/app/webroot/img/files/bopanegapeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chhattisgarhsanskritboard.in/sharpinstitute/images/files/34959612560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/jojarivojapasafopigeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=calculate+my+metabolic+agePDF 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_off0000b53d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB53D 18164 bytes
SHA-256: 423985f8c4ed7333adf9ee9e1f28fbf83f9aad45895ad29ebf2a1000caeddfa0
font_01_sfnt_off0000e355.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE355 10584 bytes
SHA-256: e1dbf581f2fc816af1c17311bbf2e0b236cc158d03b95b4dc4bab855b5d36680
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB94 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1