Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 928628f23e357a64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 08:19:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 9b0a0a75e3342d3a630125d7719a5864 SHA-1: 5f288d0227119a100284a687b69b7c9ae775bec3 SHA-256: 928628f23e357a64a9d36be1e76339ca1784a6f9409f3d0ed89e3fbe49fca300
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other potentially untrusted domains. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic suggests a deliberate effort to obscure the true destination through link manipulation and disposable hosting. No scripts were extracted, but the primary attack pattern involves luring users to external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/evu9nsr14a2f9i0oqhopqhnq1i/39441631401.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--54-dlcdkamdj4btild5b.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7989572147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l5ftcnshkf73aqjlq0oai6cso3/detute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorce-difficile.fr/userfiles/file/60520552591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ufolep-69.com/contenus/files/8304687465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gsbfi9qvfno6e6ivpb5hh6pn15/jorato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystaltrade.hu/data/file/pixexezerotis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhthuanvietnam.com/upload/files/32116437151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844055ebcba---wedimodisezigotedezuxitoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpiezasinasel.com/userfiles/files/82307804169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amoslodge10.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jikupemufuzumusikoxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneticapanama.com/userfiles/file/93218996621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teleinwestor.pl/userfiles/file/71180346414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e43f5e2049---piropo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennedy-jackson.com/clients/f/f7/f78508644b517540cdb1549d93860f53/File/25125718908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6781bf2ad8d02cddaa840a47be56ec33/54302775416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncabhsa.com/clients/875427/File/33940732161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiabiru.com/contents//files/dudebusozowotevejuwudez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amd-export.com/site/upload/file/bebabatuzomifimonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gancza-yacht.pl/userfiles/file/sodosuguvidopefobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://septumdent.com/img/userfiles/files/8038174751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d018757e59---sebez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mailing.crpm.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5829776004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fetogram.com/images/upload/files/penipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=dodow+instructions+manualPDF 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_off0001202a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1202A 18968 bytes
SHA-256: b35497fdff1234f914574a1db6f7e0b141e6bbdc446cb6af52341e7ed2ba2129
font_01_sfnt_off000151d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151D6 10588 bytes
SHA-256: bfaa4c10dc32a01ad9d63dc86a051285a7e0c3cae300fccc8f93cb038cbe14c2
font_02_sfnt_off00016a0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A0A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1