Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7a28323afdef13f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 09:06:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 53a8e0b188ec19c4abe50c399ee3df7f SHA-1: fecf123e34a4443da2e54b0a78a30ee69a89726b SHA-256: f7a28323afdef13f15d5cf20f715162b31b77474d40b28293ff887e5a69b34f6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting it's used to distribute further malicious content. The embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://sushiyaslo.com/uploads/files/vunuzumipexubirebe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a58a9189284e8151622307820262361/33451882331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecd6a5502586af6002898b0903348cb8/42027752993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c64e40a8e53---32656555343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsck-cykelmotion.dk/userfiles/file/jujixunotafutavar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xuanhongkhang.com/upload/files/35571452258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://widepolymers.com/userfiles/file/12446512954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chpcentre.com/files/file/74305270130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfsroanoke.com/home/tfs/public_html/new/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fixanubemisusam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b19eecf1a2---tobojijofivunegakirexel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/8416624139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vlajamo.cz/images/file/68690957734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menokatea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kijigefamupidenoxizixoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75226ca132f3e72bf9a13c0e055cc491/wiposilas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trieurodata.ro/images/file/29464619697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cryptoshift.be/anaeter_capital/siteadmin/userfiles/files/52106241271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608620384c099---towuwiwasin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moveo-sport.pl/userfiles/file/98296191246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ffbe025f345---55436170246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozkayalartrans.com/userfiles/file/gososuluwemomopemamanune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goraku-sangyo.com/userfiles/file/26144604915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d327fb493f---91813750931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neonatal-surgery.ru/userfiles/files/povoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eths1967.org/clients/6/6b/6b000f7c2bca5b3a89f93fde6b54c5e6/File/kabebafaduxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=fractal+geometry+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off000102a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011abb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ABB 18080 bytes
SHA-256: ceef8b5fd59e7b6791e6f43caf7563625a3611d52e93653c7646e46558600ca3
font_02_sfnt_off00014a06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A06 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 4b1ee4ed5aa72c5d7aa0e3c085590bb99ad378034cbacfac98f8ac425076f42f