Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c028efbb36e1d4a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 04:00:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e98c85026844cca0aaa154a99353d6ad SHA-1: 42c50b8e641d9c22d91b2268e25bfaa04d5773ec SHA-256: c028efbb36e1d4a9a3a456d2dc31364136b3533541e99abcc1dc2a85dad200ca
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and flagged by an ML classifier as malicious. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting sites. These sites likely serve as landing pages for phishing attempts or further malware distribution.

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 http://oilandgaswork.com/userfiles/file/begigevobewiwiji.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://telenovella-bg.com/files/7575671948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webbuilders.com/files/file/mewefupedonaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100fc0a46cf3---mareranotidupezal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161063836906ff---vupavepiveguruwiwebiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myesen.life/userfiles/file/suleli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6587434941---notojetikes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608293e92f4f6---bejowojovem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774127668c9---22222966138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874a833c297---5853357496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b417c59a3b2---zafobajutalajesuzilibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103bd3cd5fa7---29768880321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cae0a94faf---70278894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df359e7edb3654981de565445fcea7a2/89559923001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s1su24m5g26statk3nngqlnsia/mikuwerufejetabapenujumij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/kovos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edc4123d56ac231387d03e7789aaf1f4/dijarexolugozexujuzusoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelworld.ro/userfiles/file/12273366080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://womensmentalhealthmd.com/clients/9/9a/9a9ccad1be43d50cbc9928f06550b956/File/94087980256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edilgroupdigiovanni.it/userfiles/files/kudebelulexaxufenofob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkenterprisesonline.com/FCKeditor/file/nujokojimewuwavubinusovap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ca265f537c33ecf73267c22b50bb0b3/25321029671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nobleanimalsanctuary.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/mavijezikijulozubofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelniagararimini.eu/userfiles/files/54398033903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=sorting+algorithms+python+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_off00011bc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BC2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000133d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133D9 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 1ab0f4aeca47b49a384cda48f25d8eb4a231593a4a66d683300a5acaba0264f5
font_02_sfnt_off00014cf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CF3 18148 bytes
SHA-256: 958fc9e96fc6599ac795abc2136dbb0ab68986b0a67e52abdf9d55068f233b44