Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28d3a178a6d8a616…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-08-05 14:35:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: b2fbea4873ecbd8a1fe7303abe680274 SHA-1: 70f5b3dbfab709a11c5388dc397cda6615876572 SHA-256: 28d3a178a6d8a616023302fbb21a8b5d92a8beccec3f571700bb29a68f4a6407
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to external sites via a malicious attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609160b707ec7---lidibapokunoxiwewejofi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3f3a1e3027---33430341919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://varosom.hu/userfiles/files/poruzoxobuzemupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flywings.sk/UserFiles/file/27834198403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lienlacanien.com/img_pages/file/45389617252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abddc7ccb21---20949667251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfb9875505644e366db7377a8610bcaa/51286323364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609242398b2f8---53544406045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiuxingchaoshi.com/uploads/file/07144640670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160831b6e026df---taluvusabodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinajnbt.com/images/upload/File/21457278347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://campermagazine.tv/public/file/fiwonebenonoxaxomasopaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1428367851347ba8c2ccbafad4c304b3/tobimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signexpowholesale.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/fasumokokiwibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmei.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25422633489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1387763f4c---zazuzewaramuguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871eabaddda---75836678727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/81515924825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d11846ca9e---74448300407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nestaerospace.com/uploads/file/37763017204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf5c48259a214385ebc1ff1b39f60d1b/67453715738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://la-klamm.org/userfiles/file/dizozisozenukezefubedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzion-u-zamku.cz/files/file/10959965678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b5c999b156---dopenigevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=pencil+calligraphy+practice+sheets+pdfPDF 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_off0000eb90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB90 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 3275474c43d110747ab31be3b3d1c180a1795662649c9117530111a139c20abb
font_01_sfnt_off00010483.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10483 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C95 16952 bytes
SHA-256: 644a61d0ff721a129056b2dcc12c432ec6e83e4d5df76f35a6f8a19f2c5446eb