Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e28ec33e3fe43fa7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-13 22:21:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 404a295de1b1dbf3e1c398681399ca3f SHA-1: cc9cd92e1c94fedf9a1a844c89e817877cc7ce94 SHA-256: e28ec33e3fe43fa7f0b376c1ebf603e4cab4d3cf3a513a8147aeecc07457942c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. Heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites. ClamAV and ML classifiers confirm its malicious nature, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

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
  • 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://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/643e945f832efa8c4c3221ce39f1b91a/pafivifitovimosopo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130abd928db8---84894154529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161312220ad809---lojamurefad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahispesinde.com/gnc/veri/_files/16077165105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fetogram.com/images/upload/files/25061399409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenbins.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lifawemabufowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://podereilmontaleo.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/rilugarisojizefazilarat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinadesigndanang.vn/uploads/image/files/sulowaloputixafozegeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billedbutikken.dk/articlefiles/file/57750447498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcnjl.com/userfiles/files/vofigizorusijuder.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karpatskiles.ru/store/file/kemomosujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--66-6kc8bfmkmjd.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43347105763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmk.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xobaxetijosilukadomub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldazegliotorino.com/userfiles/files/buxatekabirobokuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keletunderground.hu/images/uploaded_pics/file/29569429406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/59579269213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsara.ru/userfiles/file/fomaxudibopenilok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banglatalkies.com/dynamic-images/cms/file/nizuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133bb431cf66---72452171890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abhrian.com/userfiles/files/97011951023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebslang.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/gipulujogubasilumor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamzsabegi60szallo.hu/UserFiles/File/zikovojokafop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peoplefoster.com/pliki/kugisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piannocreativo.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/pikosete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.evisiontiendaonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45511192056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=honors+geometry+textbook+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_off0000df28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF28 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f73a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF73A 17472 bytes
SHA-256: 680bc079e4436c950d6b6fd8fa84cb3d4eb0f14a249370c64941c80935a30c0e
font_02_sfnt_off0001244d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1244D 10980 bytes
SHA-256: f65ed6ae7bc4f4db94c2ccbf5cb0f913e77ea960568611682545544216c638a3