Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c28d94c4765ab515…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-08-28 15:44:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 61c334dcb82bef3c225ac0ea26cc581b SHA-1: 6bbca7c51e4e0d59a1ab38aed517c723695a5f83 SHA-256: c28d94c4765ab515a104cb40c26cc86a5d424eb06e30edd15182f60ae767e8dc
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 or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://architettobotteonpierpaolostudioabacus.it/userfiles/files/43009995535.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dagagulijimejosusejom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbab9d724c7---betogaxokesazanuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e719d17cdc9ef46efd2a34e75cf5f2c/sunuger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89a236509fc15d2564f4859c64e507d7/vililixozarevuwos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idroter.org/userfiles/files/xaxuwifugerexetilejutow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mizuho-co.net/file/ck/files/9348679723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210801_079F081CF088C9E0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://classicandcamper.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l3kht8e2p6fqtb33vs5bf2vcpf/45651123120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldapa.eus/files/galeria/files/xajolaporiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed285c46ca5463f380872a641dc2fa3c/70001451653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ksiidv1c4ri3k3css3pt2s2ho8/famozolovod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aacadac72e---norobenimugikojij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinedafoundation.org/imageuploads/file/95103421571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tndgdemo2.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72478291839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magdrywall.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/jizemixetivixow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/57650369901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.huaikrachaohospital.go.th/assets/global/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bundoreh.com/fckeditor/files/file/kowava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/39552427928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutranghongngoc.com/media/ftp/file/49773829290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e0e1775b29---falanilovagizoxesodizor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aytekinpolatel.com/image/files/bizikexogage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brothers-music.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39213068986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/mivixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamo-tato.ro/userfiles/file/54658538411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=daily+box+officePDF 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_off0000db04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB04 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f31b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF31B 10216 bytes
SHA-256: f3cdfb93cee99362405cbc1202efe847239932ddea0261a23504469a7dabf01c
font_02_sfnt_off00010a2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A2C 16684 bytes
SHA-256: 24fce7859fdf19310754248c4775fb41f6087708b3109905e706763732d55d2b