Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d28e4f7f55265ff8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 21:06:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 4b93dfff3835db20b76df60b27440316 SHA-1: 4e6f6e9ccdd468f1e064193f2897bddb8f563d11 SHA-256: d28e4f7f55265ff8aa7fba6a3c0b83e47b32a4c12f9021599f5e7fef07818aa1
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is a PDF file that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics suggests an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=borrelia+bacteria+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://monamifrance.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210825_CF23EEC86B056F77.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirai-kankyo.com/userfiles/files/66478335048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valleyrestoration.net/home/apf/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97371602443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a24f7b7c62466eb8c792e9e25bcea2a0/51408262560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083def1aff11---wuzalujopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc7561de7e8923d76af2df55cc382958/jejajivog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poldercuptrofee.nl/site/admin/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/nixekegigezexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asoriofrio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29520799299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/607db161b4bbc38fc1e27807066eddef/69815302050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/posedome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkynfe.net/userfiles/file/75777625217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/63780875496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f377cf61faf5c57deb6b37d098c9bdc/nejipitizitewawepikijakug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hostingalani.com/calisma2/files/uploads/jufafumexididosixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yizhu580.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vanip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuvanthietke13-5.com/webroot/img/files/76722015181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b426be4adfd1ade7577bdbfee506c77/67152177072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d7aa642e2c---witaxarowosogidir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wagnerfamilyreunion.com/clients/866685/File/dataxaveseveba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cravaluos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30145253156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9b0604c8b---93052341830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/28939332824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vph64vfh2tt05c0459f9bvboda/bafifimabawoka.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_off0000d8e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8E8 17736 bytes
SHA-256: 8d5373fbaf5ba85ce20d05aed20f1ed6947a2ff259f8cdf69f077c1066466db0
font_01_sfnt_off000106e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011efb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EFB 10532 bytes
SHA-256: 35e6e51f0223af74727d53deca16519f7b32f24814e4b55f54884cab5fb3307a

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