Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e28b58d1164d973b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-08-28 22:29:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 101c3d58c1fe9938a9c88898392d4f35 SHA-1: a47bdd6e001b59ff6a7d18d5283928664dbf4a10 SHA-256: e28b58d1164d973b6c7ce9d25954ab2f7ccbd7696045a44d3af4fcb38a0e7de7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to numerous compromised websites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://ricarda-allegra.de/userfiles/file/97020333556.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81g65rjfrcmbo2mfjpf4tsr6ah/duwifitukufaruto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b0e82a7f19---10956113887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhs1966maui.com/clients/64750/File/mujoburezomeridokusup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://affordans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40322770325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://italiangreyhound.pl/img1/userfiles/file/lixeboxupidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-2/20210702135617934786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faisaltowel.com/survey/userfiles/files/11813077011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxbrio.kr/files/files/43460298273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portaldo.eu/contenuti/upload/file/kifibomuleja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bakirkoytemsilcisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b04f0849b---dukidevubilipowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abft2jqvk63jhdd7hevlmn92jd/patudakudafewulefimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c77d68be4a---renoraxamuxawatojoxozon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1887b4ea74---jesifuwiwejir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qub9orv3c6k3l25bv2j6ptc2q7/77258582727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbnjl.com/userfiles/files/gidisebojituramufepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123a45aaf90b---tufaxafubemanevazexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b11kh5l.com/ckupload/files/31849406784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-p-fortune.com/userfiles/file/bovodaliwedufavezibolub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmsorganica.com/userfiles/file/36061982690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m4d5iup9npluih83vhqk7e77v4/46396576483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/68280154660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chameleoncoupons.com/adgprocessing/uploads/files/35298901632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourlightingbrand.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e375ab9e7183547d1e33ab42ade5483/tatelivoditowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6cfad06c6c11aba265702792ffab2bd/tapolaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=bishop+michael+b+curryPDF 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_off0000e0a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0A5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8B7 18020 bytes
SHA-256: 4941ac83cd18dc0af6d8eaa99b4cde2f566ec27e11085bf7037f1383a780b47f
font_02_sfnt_off00012775.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12775 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 34ce05c27db5ba5cb4c53cc1a2ec502ac29beb247a957050fb8535337a9d36cf