Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28d4dc218fc91762…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-09-15 00:00:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f2c331eb96323eaa06f5f9609c32d5d4 SHA-1: 56ca0b377ba28990768a7af117eb29b96f38e1ec SHA-256: 28d4dc218fc917626ff2c2de8c55078a6872a7040a026e96fd26b6622f1a9d39
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs further supports the phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=personal+hotspot+not+working PDF link annotation
    • http://kingalbertltd.com/uploadedfiles/file/69470865239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f23ec653fb---jojufezejepuwiwig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur2.com/contents/files/gulipuborivivotura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honeystraw.com/uploadfiles/file/fofowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avalon-essenzen.at/userfiles/file/67177004917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ab0f78793c---samenetarinofuxitenesigov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teleserviciomalaga.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76212208250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qtjfbhe2u4an3a0q9u7vus0qs2/kufekabemuvifafilafig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geologicatoscana.eu/userfiles/files/fosevanavozutogaxamunej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161314ce82248e---zuwosiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmediahouse.com/admin/uploads/file/63229435290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optimuselearningschool.com/learning/site/images/uploadfiles/barejul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fashiongale.ro/userfiles/files/86978459841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99011923c06a8b6b0e352a370bebad0b/tadupunomejosobisesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161344274e6e72---74449016224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resurrection-life.net/userfiles/files/51869703007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frigosztufi.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82345960728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palaciodelosnavas.com/userfiles/file/74968671919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d3b3a86f56---84157662423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134eb4249526---44575351158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://depcip.com/app/views/panel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dejepibifikil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxqcgs.com/filespath/files/20210909210307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocamali.com/userfiles/files/38487041084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idrogastermoclima.it/Utentifile/FCKPage/file/jesewijasuzolef.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_off0000f3ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3ED 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 211ffb8095e118ac3d7635bae2fc51e04ca6e3e52e57638d6b7d6ade48386bfb
font_01_sfnt_off00010c8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C8B 18352 bytes
SHA-256: cae85fbc5244bbf470c443618417310f7580d6a363db71cbe237089f28e08afc
font_02_sfnt_off00013c1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C1C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1