Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28d74bddf36a2801…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-07-02 01:30:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ba05a620e8859a29b95e69ed8caed93e SHA-1: b278d3472bf6803e2a911f0b14c16df49d938a45 SHA-256: 28d74bddf36a28015c244f70109c7919a3862f57dd4871f3f3685728ca79227d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as a link farm, directing users to numerous other PDFs hosted on compromised websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of many links to potentially compromised WordPress sites suggests a coordinated effort to host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9a0d7a05a---26469431365.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://frontlinetherapist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1405877cb9f233b2ea499b485150aed9/nikifes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aaa9ce48660f32af1c5ba4701421c8b0/wuvujomaronuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/72493091265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751d057a99f---29787006108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a06c1a216e3---82511364509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://host.keraladreamhomes.com/~viswabrahmathach/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/pojewizepoxokadulaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ffe6292948b8f3e31cc9066982237f6/xikafatafoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arzhosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/kanopidenixigudevexurer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c5db0a6b49046ba9759965838d0222e/zekiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-nederland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59657178230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dailyhondaotomientay.com/upload/files/tifudaligoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59ececf32b8f9c5007bfe0982006ddbd/pelomilaradajapulolufabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efri9osduje3dt06ltv8kdaipd/79415047210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wecans.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/gobun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxethai38.com/upload/file/50108998186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asja-doll.ru/userfiles/file/sorenazinovunokasusevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agroanaliz.by/upload/editor/files/pekogofileva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076403ecc634---fitulunek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuderprogettazione.it/userfiles/files/porovozekiwafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607beea3628a7---newumizojufosufuwopor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08b89e0841c75d1889ad4ca01cbca1fd/jutirulisexakil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/js48025vpll0972gd65hp87bkm/51897072383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=list+of+central+government+tax+and+state+government+taxPDF 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_off0000d1c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1C3 16316 bytes
SHA-256: b2ae3672b3099f72977396e625528906cae20c05fa3a75b7e5aa841fe91efed4
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC14 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001142b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1142B 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 982f673be1e9fb3a35e12b200272fd8482b897fa785aa42e98da708c2c976d04