Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f28c5fa0e3c8cf7f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-10-12 10:14:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: f994472b490bf35389cf91a19c53dd23 SHA-1: 6539c634031a9bc06972f6f5b7a5b10e5961bd43 SHA-256: f28c5fa0e3c8cf7f3836afdb7af77bee04450698b45dfe9cd929b4503474fa79
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded JavaScript further supports malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. ClamAV detection as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan confirms the malicious nature.

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 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=giant+cave+cockroach PDF link annotation
    • http://schule.havonix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23407427877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gat-asset.com/CKEdit/upload/files/pizenasamudegowamup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9995407663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trompis-tondschungel.de/userfiles/file/veravekiwuvitubunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615f15463f0e2---nufabimiroxelivodij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailymaydemtien.com/userfiles/files/noneruposanijurokimut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myslizdrave.com/soubory/62260803411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specializzati.tecnaevolution.it/dataload/ckupload/dusamejemazutagojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hattshopping.com/admin/assets/images/ckfiles/merepatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30f63d257815f55f4bfee06c66048e57/27918905597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungklimalar.com/upload/ckfinder/files/35713856542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgc.to/sites/web/upload/files/81127160329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://revistaspontan.ro/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/xokotasawiwowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intertexmedical.com/userfiles/files/wuvofirufufalumitibaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.la-providence-ehpad.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gusomutajesudopuziza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dglytbt.com/upfolder/e/files/20210905110013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deda0cedb56c8cdfc7317bb2ce73a8fe/18839467313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satakantaresort.com/user_img/files/dujubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonkitty.com/webroot/img/posts/files/wowopijorisobidavogugedol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milkyway-vn.com/upload/files/67733146458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoptavky.com/is/images/FCKeditor/File/duluzuwoxafoveta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetis156.neutronds.com/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/maditinujelinebipumabon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rt9.rspo.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98145434786.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_off0000e160.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE160 18800 bytes
SHA-256: d79af0ae7b6b78b23b809241518b626e09528aaf428f7346c688f7f834fcfbbc
font_01_sfnt_off00011238.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11238 10312 bytes
SHA-256: 4a61e5f3404f20aab5bd1fffad9da7d602744574566d9f7fed6bcb766f50704c
font_02_sfnt_off00012975.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12975 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1