Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28e705c1c410d3c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-07-27 13:40:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a5ba3d9da1d386298ed888bf2566240f SHA-1: 30aae2b2b2800f1e7e94f77a6dca5cbfcac5f4a3 SHA-256: 28e705c1c410d3c184ab0ec5ce01347f54e36a84892e10dbe5fcd3656b1bbae7
234 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many of which are designed to be invisible or repeated, serving as a lure to download a payload. Several of these links point to compromised WordPress installations, indicating a technique to host malicious files on seemingly legitimate but compromised websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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
  • Invisible/repeated PDF links deliver payload file critical PDF_REPEATED_PAYLOAD_LINK_LURE
    PDF uses invisible link annotations and points to a direct payload download. Repeated invisible links or lure-like payload names such as document/unlock/verify archives match malware-delivery PDF carriers where the page is only a prompt and the real payload is fetched from the linked URL.
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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.
  • 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://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf6d5136187---48427022527.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hy-concrete.ru/d/files/panajixagab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epiphanych.com/images/file/65130936644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/87924414502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f65tscfltuj4oekduhhuunif54/bizikadabutudozomitibuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b91f1173ee5---66841460265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072fb7411c98---20638591502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axiomestates.com/userfiles/file/82623587128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myclubowners.com/userfiles/files/titedojafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a26912380cb---29934440816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fouladsazanco.com/Upload/file/55443583686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detikakdeti.ru/img/file/kovixoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uf5l6113tarfa825vnceei7471/mevegem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07qaos5b7ujs2mdjndte4rop4u/68872296245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e76e19747---gosilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://farstaslottsvik.nu/anvandarbilder/153/files/wisarokowobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb93044e91---newojevoputozeruzenonos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83et44icjctuo2pbr7nvbasn44/95224192789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6047060905fdeca5f2fe81888a3961c1/12543358199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rqmdkv0f795avn1ro52cpa32ne/34923515409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w-f-l.de/user_img/file/11717273272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=2019+movies+in+isaimini.comIn 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_off00010768.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10768 16924 bytes
SHA-256: 043f757ff12a6f8d8439022469bd7e780fa86e62a1671b66761a78987d1ac673
font_01_sfnt_off0001332d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1332D 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 67bc25f285d31af776ad36ad73f46c544f0b80e219c2881289e1062632548f6e
font_02_sfnt_off00014ba8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14BA8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1