Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f28fdad6e483239f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 10:21:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5938d258323826f3182b691d0206c74a SHA-1: 952c316074fee6f3cea0c69123d2ff065de19346 SHA-256: f28fdad6e483239fa6f677dd57479aca1251d01191bbbe3bf8e9fce76c0b6017
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised or disposable domains, which are likely used to host phishing pages or download further malicious content. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using such domains to obscure the true malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5138795e9961f18170a608db56bfe35b/tinigijudojelonotonopagiv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://infiniti.e-library.tw/uploads/files/tivixidifotitaroxugumona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.creativitaecomunicazione.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65782262993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://p-jtech.com/userData/board/file/23915907625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143b19fc0d60---58264432636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iehyun.com/editorupload/file/dazapelusaxofamor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnlcoach.com/misc2/file/In PDF document text
    • http://pnc21.com/files/fckeditor/file/21205743416137167b229ed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a9639d3fcd---benafosiponexaxajaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjyhyy.cn/filespath/files/20210904082538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscreen.in/cmsfiles/file/fimuximazawefomijasewezoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklenicky-obchod.cz/web/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/47636215334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wrtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210901_B0E3E831D9F8C12C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomodorolennep.de/gfx/userfiles/files/49294483380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learningsolution.ca/userfiles/files/80923375786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pushgroup.lv/userfiles/files/dilulowakeraxojozuvofugan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.almuhja.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vetatosajabupitukuzikej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sokolzgierz.pl/web/uploads/files/68478935350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c-six.it/userfiles/files/bosuvabewuxunexufobukovut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.ca/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/59088448629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mmgrowersg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82090171777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614698e691c1d---43343493198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infypos.com/infyposcms/media/12879220918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inverpalmas.com/aym_image/files/83422586921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://currenwatch.myhost360.cn/file/upload/files/09-13-02-04-53-76.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+change+my+voicemail+message+on+androidPDF 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_off0000d054.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD054 17404 bytes
SHA-256: 9a9fe159f89d44b5c9aeb7dc13bb26c12131b50fd70651b8b0991d30382c081c
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD0D 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 99b4271092eb9b7856e2c88643a1cab36547e0e552feebbc2ec020fb159ac250
font_02_sfnt_off0001161d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1161D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1