Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28ef66f480da96ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.8 KB Created: 2021-07-24 09:20:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 08928b0c1e42d002613ffbfeb3a6764c SHA-1: 5bd404ef1959ac6b78479bf491c9445ee3be50e6 SHA-256: 28ef66f480da96ad92884d9f56c871ad7bbe461b608d8540812b576eef225968
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's part of a link farm or SEO poisoning scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607858723e790---46751176909.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tomm3mb27do0ks5smeol664bn2/sakutenixumefudiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidlbrooks.com/clients/868292/File/17344009556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.salpasafarit.fi/tiedostot/files/velusuvuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malagi.pl/user-files/fck/file/xaposukokatowafen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taniaandjohn.com/clients/874109/File/bewivano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a5bcefdae---93167767435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kartplast.com/resimler/files/9605942322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfa975ac04e---78996403479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab099fd984d---gagazetevopuruworipowulok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kibledergisi.net/resimler/files/sazifuwanojajejaxesad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruxthai-guesthouse-chiangmai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xonuzageruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stuarteisbrucklaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zomepujoxamat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copy2d.com/ftp/image/file/zugukiwiduxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/moiaovhld7ev8pl11rio14lukp/28090844679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eortak.com/img/fck_temp/file/2822148851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assignmentmart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gurafajikubokelek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevimticaret.net/userfiles/file/64099128150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidservices.com/public_html/userfiles/file/56352805429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/044b157f92a93a448ae624d49598fc7e/pifiremutov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e14a4ece8c8---56410301210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/5715155952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markone-tools.com/upload/files/wevavoguxuxog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160875b96510e5---41968600848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=antiterrorism+level+1+pretest+answers+2019PDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f28a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF28A 16204 bytes
SHA-256: 2f37ea1b11ece644fef2f420fc5d5e29c860255d372ec3a711666e2589675489
font_01_sfnt_off0001083c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1083C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001204e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1204E 17408 bytes
SHA-256: 00f2803e82677898ba5bc139c16c315c171346e1bb0e53eaf1864c5d038406f8
font_03_sfnt_off00014dcb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DCB 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 51c619233e7d9bdc593c9a405032e6533beac7b121ff77a97992c8f10a91d302