Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d28862cf495846a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 13:45:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e6718eac0740f364f4e847adaccaafe9 SHA-1: c6020775131b465109d68c4dee7cedd03d33cf47 SHA-256: 4d28862cf495846ab6af5afec322714fdf85cd4a32332cff8659f8204e4356bf
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains a full-page image designed to obscure clickable links, directing users to external URLs hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains. The document's structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=proform+345s+crosswalk+treadmill+owners+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://mkart.it/uploads/file/setoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3305b0146b08bb116c0e4cb92f856382/bejilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forthepeoplegov.com/userfiles/file/85528718029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d74edac3fb0---88308944473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ceb03c625---lodatakivukebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbriz.ru/userfiles/file/71802702144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092c7bb10ce2---39228392048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/wamuzelujojixuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc283638b4---42878588861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyundainhapkhau.vn/upload/files/ruvanudejitedenug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandotrading.com/uploads/file/risimajipaluruzusawuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0a9da01be---26037063664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khiconghoixuancong.com/Khicong/admin/userfiles/file/4545561640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6b853d6711968e2ebf131f8c69651d6/gigebetewirap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079c3770ebb5---timatizuxolutezafobagenar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stinpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nileworuwanovuzegusopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bd58655f06---kufasinijuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874d5a07979---66014324583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tries.cz/media/images/upload/file/gosafufaselemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/47573787600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emailreceptionist.net/userfiles/file/xewevipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f84f6b44f581b1258bfb0ad11e98fab/60531208292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/282265a92a8e1425bf9bca6b32c23816/93272496274.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_off0000afa5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFA5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c7b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7B7 13624 bytes
SHA-256: ab2e04bb503fdef196e4f19e55fb7eee3285668e0708f4d844c1f8cbae20c14a
font_02_sfnt_off0000e98c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE98C 11300 bytes
SHA-256: d1262f5f3aeaa4b36d637a511c777ecfbe8afc6286f83819c9de03fab007e4ee

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