Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b28d73edbcf2cd3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

110.0 KB Created: 2021-08-18 09:59:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ab9df1a517f47b3f8feee8abce9adaaa SHA-1: 43575fd2e9ffe41c1eed1ced513b967d6d1c14f3 SHA-256: b28d73edbcf2cd3f3bac004a0d97ad4af880b25f936c98d11c957865960a3c03
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=manual+de+don+de+mando+militar+mexicano+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://marymo.ru/uploads/files/zoporurudiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareprogram.org/images/file/85852957024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75134d83071484dd796036db6848b5b2/76047213446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneolock.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/ziriliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcatle1bcksuaq4tcndqfhji7r/zukezinekenovirudik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160708e3a7d81d---tetidemisujawevowetekaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abb3de1391b---naxedidebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dpt-mh.com/uploads/news/files/74429904146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e788bf7b5a94b046037347ed94146d1d/63245506392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ecca02115d7---zodufifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xinpayflow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25848793528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/86215648479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080735ab7fa1---mokexaguxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuadienlanhhoaphat.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/5131319334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a34a4718b51---95096610209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arab-hams.com/Ups/files/totajilatokegavew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jplus-ag.com/upload/files/BodyFile__60ECA78D1D420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iword.de/userfiles/file/ponomamegegorujudinesaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110e7598f7cf---debizuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb3ff43da5---numazudilopixuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chikatere.com/Upload/files/33899544606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spadhotel.com/basefile/spadhotelcom/files/neworikizereji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamennykoberec.eu/editor_uploads/system/files/kofelozafelimenekira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canxetaidientu.com/images/file/45167923321.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_off000141be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141BE 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 6c0be97a9a7f9b12f80bae145d6289b7db3839b0e4d8e5a5461bb53b56340360
font_01_sfnt_off00015a96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A96 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000172a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x172A8 20352 bytes
SHA-256: d46d6b88031d1f5ea97a813439440ea5d6281c192ce4ef0cd05459ab869661c3