Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28eb1a103f24cd3e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 15:30:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4d81126634749f385520ad53eb527be7 SHA-1: fa4b628218196e44a6829c474a0b81ab1cd65ae0 SHA-256: 28eb1a103f24cd3e0fb4eab5bcf30ac9e1fdaf1880ab2a01b19cd7b85960b4b5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to potentially compromised websites and a deceptive download button, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading a secondary payload. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards exploitation and potential client-side execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://granitnet.hu/editor_up/turifojivukilil.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://artwatch.ru/userfiles/file/zuvopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sibconsulting.com/contents/files/51580570354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympicburger1988.com/uploads/files/96991404851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delta-serwis.pl/pliki/84620304910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilot-nav.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57048160204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfhcoaching.com/userfiles/files/nefomalupobulinevixoval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oxi-dental.ro/imagini_ws/61506078331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614251f5aa552---91350639674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galenbio.com/images/upload/file/81923808969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iqlacpro.vn/emotive/upload/files/33652671882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autopsrus.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vivulezaduxapisokafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psystat.net/candyticket/uploads/page_images/files/51800676539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2f3af77cfed3767716bf14b1418ef09/vaxegirizivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cargotavio.ru/files/file/koguviduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d57352a425---sefupudufolok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/86302928015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tarzminder.com/resimler/files/59812018276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marinaxaraes.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tatukobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kompletucetnictvi.cz/files/file/vupinodukabodolexide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0df3fa4a80da57b2dfc5034fbe66eb9/ruvazitajoninurakubaxiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://7mark3t2-7aya.com/contents/files/57183473351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indel.sk/userfiles/file/juduvojajofob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://himalayakebab.irafbrothers.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/runebedatowedebomegoran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=karnan+new+movie+download+isaiminiPDF 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_off0000e856.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE856 17468 bytes
SHA-256: aa61ca9cc90160781fd8dd4740164d20009bbab08756d8bdf1a64cd52071a02c
font_01_sfnt_off0001158a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1158A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012da1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DA1 10452 bytes
SHA-256: 5c0021dc5f4bced8e642ab90868765f1821a6d915f75f0afe5aa36bbc11bc306