Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b28d6301c9f52146…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 02:42:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 7daad456e95ff5ebe05ae025bceef83f SHA-1: 941539f7241fba7d943da76a6b80c4355b70d13a SHA-256: b28d6301c9f521463119860769a15080ac013cfdc2a2d341e0a5a3eea93f886e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware hosting sites. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ab8a53a9319538017ab4b8fbb334d7e/26345826092.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/45153197584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160993faaa22d2---zuduxiwozodelubefigefegiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9bc84845d0---xeneniwomurizodoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad500f272e6---49544430083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/gabususogokemanawovizet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae5cd9cc7c5c945a008588272e197de6/12767051804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b678flvoohthr93cfa5d7qj4u1/70296678739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kosmonautika.ee/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44488171904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gc-antey.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53637735373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b05fe6ef4e0---79698962840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdhsalumni.com/clients/28864/File/junajevijamuzosezefatoton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xajemariwizuwer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9596c0ceac14ced565b6fe09dbb9954d/67637896896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computer-rudolstadt.de/upload/file/63735989117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af84ba225b7---veribigolikinolubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/5592264651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veiligheidsslot.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48567306703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenshinorchids.com/FCKeditor_upload/file/21630353450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c0e45526da---mipazonarabenanifagod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.terraton.com.my/ckfinder/userfiles/files/binuloligunane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7ca1c9f17---niwesijevipozido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23be15c328e5602ef36287460b8bd940/53605536536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szekszardportal.hu/userfiles/file/luregeregepegidazep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c18tt7a9ebeik7mospllcdlap7/56342457930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=estenosis+de+valvula+mitral+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_off0000d36f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD36F 16764 bytes
SHA-256: b7271fd07e9cc6d94725c2044b3b0397240321863eec673f892072d42812cf2a
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE6F 10808 bytes
SHA-256: ce7df755ddfce158b29a39c0c426113293bd95e2e1d582d50d664cee3a6453e4
font_02_sfnt_off0001175a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1175A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1