Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d738ab28a7137f45…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 13:56:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 1fee93a25b9a40c4f59a4db69540b872 SHA-1: 9a85c85bfccf68276538d1a40377ce83529500f5 SHA-256: d738ab28a7137f45f0ab4cfebb5a57dbcc7dbaec47b3ffd115f539ba84fdbea6
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or redirection scheme. ClamAV detected this as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, and ML classification strongly indicated maliciousness. The presence of external URIs and a link farm heuristic indicates an attempt to direct users to potentially harmful external content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://topenglish.sk/app/webroot/gallery/files/naxavoju.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://weilaimachinery.com/userfiles/files/38811989588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamgi.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86300662887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bodymindspiritconnection.org/clients/5/53/53f1eac0d8ee32431a47b4e1af774f29/File/60677513674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megalaserasia.com/upload///16689953585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acevina.com/webroot/img/files/roberoxilaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsl.asia/files/fupejojidizefelalawafak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phanphoiongnhuahoasen.vn/upload/files/doxusoxapikovaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umffz21.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tososumajatitewibek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonfiremadigan.com/uploads/fckeditor/file/57602197705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freehajjandumrah.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/tujefemijuvolugotiwavajer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97915cc8f6d3e8a5a69e282fd5b68c44/83875316422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089cc80337d9---pekuzumilopuresemejuruted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160858cbe94dff---wirozoduxub.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf09ji0kmopoplc94ndv2hr5c4/buxixogokafuxuwunes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macabrey-luthier.fr/data/Files/rimiwuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huucodatlanh.com/userfiles/file/palagokexepit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaledellasignora.it/userfiles/files/xusezolunoxipaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatmfc.com/media/ftp/file/21078389268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160979eba0bea3---bedokazusegarubavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://houselandia.ru/files/61713304235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f824366612---14454776094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nathulaldasptti.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/velebawidukiwivuxazagonus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madinagirls.com/easydo%20v2.00/files/uploads/kotebazitusoxinavuxage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12fahu7g73nlkeiejg8o8s37m2/sekekewikevujeferir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=vocab+for+toefl+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_off0000dcbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCBD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4CF 22472 bytes
SHA-256: f6585e09e3048eea9f475ac4b208f0d16ce4da6dcaaa30e0971b7c8bbe370fb4
font_02_sfnt_off00012d5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D5A 10360 bytes
SHA-256: f49bd6f1a629e47b15095eaa1a0ab02fa12f742c3a38e849ef8a91218c4541c0