Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c28ff435efa51dbf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-07-27 10:42:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1edece2a835f26ed44e146dda1206b65 SHA-1: fa2f0fa0759e798212dd9ed66deac1f3b85dbaac SHA-256: c28ff435efa51dbfca8512989943c8d88f519b5110a1daaac0993d18a7454e16
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to host malicious files or redirect users to phishing sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a5a1ed684---sixibasesi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://innotack.com/userfiles/files/65847609209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e614b59b39d---55634690277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto-spec.ca/fck/file/munuredu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983c2c4c9b3---xitetaxunewud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iviltra.lt/images/files/telenamoribusodajopolex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usaoxin.com/userfiles/2021-6/file/jepuxuwajefisuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whalesart.com/uploadfile/file///2021061814461713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/89547762040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b321f8c791---dimudurow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf1061bf2d---69267444697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easternhoteljeju.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210719_1DBBA9EA81B8D6EF.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acfbcae90cc---78970011547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tizasisewowedudaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northstarbaptisttyler.com/clients/a/a4/a4b4c2e389351fb2dee96c3f727c6a57/File/pimugitizulapade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/la6f3lrg5dj73bfn8ln4udfmau/35167699332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/pokagome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaa1acmiejxr6d7fg.xn--p1ai/data/files/51575304412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607006a65651f---gilofevorupomepofade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgpreceptor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/satuseverut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbbbizu2bxaod.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/39208174270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87bbc28af071b7f60d67b5ed9d04773a/77745130082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+reset+aircare+humidifierPDF 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_off0000f514.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF514 19008 bytes
SHA-256: 482c3e27157035c8f603e04de05faf93682b4ba00fff1bad0f9be745c920327a
font_01_sfnt_off000125ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125AB 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 64849c1f925df9add6d15e5b12e667125947cd5301cce1af6c79d26e556a12c3
font_02_sfnt_off00013e89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E89 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1