Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28ddc3cc72a1000a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-07-15 22:54:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 2efb543e3617f6e3fceb1de72f257cf6 SHA-1: fa26818ca0b04cf470b717db845d8a09bb0eee35 SHA-256: 28ddc3cc72a1000adadba77f24738aeb52854e65744625a443a605bd3b4f04ad
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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
  • 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.
  • 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 http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c87fdc57706---gakedanejawenuju.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab3f18efd4---4938874256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc89a14ed5f1d6bf7b9fdd860cd30eb5/xavobom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a857e7dc4d8---1575488528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agenbenangbandung.net/file/lutetipujilukad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olympicwroclaw.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/1908339854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2aaf1118fb---fomisinelase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32ng5olp17omf3fj8lfvdcvsd6/wugalesexetan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d07f9a8137---lopexipekazizuletufudifub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/5530840105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasvaripalmuzeum.hu/upload/file/pumotimomepexirise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cpro.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778917353b8---kebapexuzasuledumil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59025c7c29f8ecb03b3fdf79b672c0ef/vaxebijetizuxoxoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnbcostaverde.it/userfiles/file/32632318088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlnsk.ru/uploads/file/16181897370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfd41ad00e5---41410165583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3062e71243f8f75edf64827f66e112a0/xesolowelijuzowala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3tts1o8pfb25kfisrktg5h1qc6/49509890909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noihoithanhtuan.com/media/ftp/file/60847764786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empezo.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tofaxonuvaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qbo73l2fgmu9o88k50k8bpged2/wawurevoxonawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c4f4ba7a45a4b2f92854b9b554e62c4/vusokemebufotirunikasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.info/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///73171748308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dfd0be7153---puwix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=allegorical+meaning+in+bengaliPDF link annotation
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a9d44e4027873758a31fdcae6ec2d61/xabunoxon.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_off00010b84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B84 20908 bytes
SHA-256: 89766f2bd6fb0b0e6bf7941f87f34cac0f33cc972290146d21b0d0d6b7b10d36
font_01_sfnt_off00013fc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FC5 10428 bytes
SHA-256: 3a3fdc341bb7e6df3928db8aee70cb8939a8e8e27a0d0445b09b175c44c3eb23
font_02_sfnt_off00015756.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15756 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1