Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28e0922041f98090…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-06-28 06:13:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 29f306271dbcba871d3a8dd3babf9656 SHA-1: 8fa81e47be495a4d19c0c29e217f40d539657a38 SHA-256: 28e0922041f98090cfd2bacfa172271229ed39915ce40a8c1de01e49779d983d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or appear to be part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, suggesting an attempt to hide its true purpose.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45bae414c829e5d6202ebcff782f32e0/manuderenopopele.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ecofincas.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lorepowavatulavimesugom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5e02127cf5---lasofojurojajovupodezuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45d190575b---mibelez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5mm4ufult97nu5plraghaff6p/zaronisorolipezujedum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyzoan.com/cake/beta/userfiles/file/kozuzemavibuloxonexis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sva-jeanroze.com/xmedia/file/33665856905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d38b9bb3ce---5838550535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e6de5c9bc2---pamaletotemisaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/94411552453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/763e24d32fb5d2b529e60503af0947d3/82329219814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1f96e8022c04bc1a93cefcefaebbe86/83061196175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cde7f5834f16006b12814900f4c3669f/wijoluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretunhien.com/media/ftp/file/28656559655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aantfcaehjbxzf1m.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/wofapogasaxiruvokonivasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///202162165034041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://01host.ru/userfiles/files/wexaparozemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicapoland.pl/uploaded/file/52122251670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080add40bb1d---53913485379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e34b101f8f1e5c17886e7d3424fef6e/98186414578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/og73ovcusl91enf71qu9j79jd7/58814130691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160910a0ebc31d---48850222671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/vimubiviwun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bf9a81ecf6f590b42eb48ab93b49f87/5212113579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e9fd057c11c7ec65893e4b49c10294c/648720335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608649e0a23ca---19351972060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e68dc37117d7cdbb60079c9e346c693e/18661880351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=litany+of+the+sacred+heart+of+jesus+prayerPDF 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_off0000ffc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFC2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000117d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117D9 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 94ce2f727cb61ac5e23699d73b291b18aecf2434b1e121fa34a6e298fe370f90
font_02_sfnt_off00013144.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13144 17072 bytes
SHA-256: 8f20a7e6d59b2046b29184d7aa61c6e8959a111faf75f4f65faf6330bbe9e759