Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c28b436ddfc7798…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 12:08:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 48e16b7bfaa70b94daee56cc5356a23a SHA-1: 4952351f984395691e2d1078a49449dda896084a SHA-256: 9c28b436ddfc7798394920e241ba7b6136e85471b2723303a0a8a4985e891dc3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The presence of a link farm on compromised WordPress upload storage indicates a common tactic for hosting malicious files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://wjvanderheidedienstverlening.nl/uploads/file/kivemakemupepunila.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54e288f504185b3d7a00ae391fc64068/82361069223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csp-pub.com/stockages/files/vikeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/ikovulezip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca303ae94a---buwotikukikulena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdpu.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cd8407d17d17523a21beba4e0a7aef6/61624039632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c53092931b843c0fa3738db402d36c8/pirupumuratikututufujiwik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bassbasement.org/userfiles/file/48162402452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mziagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rps7sa3gdl5d0jeh68fsk53t4g/89537858075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadgatecapital.com/userfiles/file/42038207703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a78a0930214---32693356765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memoservicesrl.it/file/gajafolokafegumugowozijel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8166012241---pevijulozidejoxaketozuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gold-carsales.com/js/upload/files/kizika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf6c341a2c---36892481775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/782221388b419cdc20f4a245aeae9633/leviserukufavava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finalbrand.cz/upload/file/66305037587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richardarnoldalumni.com/clients/a/ad/ad1dcfa6f69ac51e3fe6bec18f6cf6d6/File/kataj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cerathai.com/image/upload/File/89932737648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifesmart.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sulorexazodokoxupuripowik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca3bbd92b3---lasapekogonabejum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldaserwis.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18133232834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6916db4db0---gezapibipizazalefiluliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cancercareresearch.com/userfiles/file/60193033234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vomgsvj0b4vbo7eq199e6ok7hp/89118676906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6318d989af---dukoraxaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=twintuition+double+cross+pdfPDF 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_off0000d957.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD957 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f16e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF16E 10740 bytes
SHA-256: efde928f7bcb925a7b38cea24b0427d1e1e4ec04f27447942a5c5d998ae01817
font_02_sfnt_off00010a10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A10 17628 bytes
SHA-256: 72e216ee57e6bc636b1e2208a158147a936a4036aab7b3fe87d9ac5cb7c5c722