Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 088f1b873e8b378f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-07-17 16:21:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 6eb527393130863065741f703bc71838 SHA-1: 9a79c244fe5df61ad17ee04a2eb53dda6185b376 SHA-256: 088f1b873e8b378fa9f3d782678c9b4c81fb7948bac51bc747861a868741c19b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised websites and potentially disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606efb0bd19fd---51452719871.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rd62f5mj59ptepnpdau265tfsl/vugab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/xigamewiwejibafafex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d26e085967eac2b7313868f6fd0083c/90072353876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rieker-consulting.eu/files/file/20953389541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97175787777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c8c8214df---77590688401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fnf4itkuhhdidqhmv056t3spj1/nutapubupekigaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c78906147e---72238395275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billcolletterealtor.com/clients/e/ef/efe7172bdc9c6addedf700543cb5cb37/File/fobolojabiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/nojafidefeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0f7b13d352---65707977764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezastupitelstvo.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/41710653571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jabdir4r62sfipusljcrf23cu4/viren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scalper.ir/data/files/file/sirozoremoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/mewenubawomokamol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodori247.com/uploads/files/vososobow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langmoon.jp/js/upload/files/tuniribosoluvur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/24516199042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watfordfairtrade.org/app/webroot/img/files/71561906281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnafarms.com/clients/864068/File/pepojadiguveporosugupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/27482146160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediaget.ru/userfiles/files/55776109246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoplan.su/userfiles/file/zirof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=functional+wh+questionsPDF 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_off0000f001.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF001 17028 bytes
SHA-256: 99e2ad367330293bb6b446e88ee3322b5465194102c03308de81b2b6301a0b63
font_01_sfnt_off00011c7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C7F 10536 bytes
SHA-256: 4dd708d0af6c9509550151b08559c0dd1dba9288470ddb0f6d4cbe724d3702c7
font_02_sfnt_off0001348e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1348E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1