Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 088f2a9919694b4a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-08-25 01:52:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 60fb21c6161930afebade9e95341b67f SHA-1: 6db3fcb18486b9c9d7b8ae5f2668ee770d808d11 SHA-256: 088f2a9919694b4a2fa49a927dfc675004cf6dd21bdd01453c5062186a1e647f
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. The 'SE_CLICKFIX' heuristic indicates social engineering by instructing users to press Win+R or paste commands, consistent with ClickFix attacks. ClamAV also detected this file as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0'. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the execution of malicious actions or the download of further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=windows+cannot+be+installed+on+drive+0+partition+1+without+losing+data PDF link annotation
    • https://oilbasaro.com/web/images/ckfinder/files/20210728020641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17cf07a163f9a76f03bc609ad87d448b/sinapisewexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dv1at85hid3opvn2am0f3fp7p3/48634701812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a4dab1021---41024961191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrt-foto.hu/_user/file/27349084566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aljazeerahpetroleum.ae/userfiles/files/potexamaxelikojonalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riminabda.sk/userfiles/file/93616983863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuraski.pl/wsg/userfiles/fofufemapibekerabokeraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/lefikanekuvumam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.multigacos.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/fatunisaxunexerajotokub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/32997560680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaalu.com/luutru/files/pagegolit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jobtiara.com/files/files/15007260721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4cc079742a---30962967300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfc67020144---15301633555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hasekei.jp/userfiles/file/84112480697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608867143db2d---50434304433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c0b9754dd7---81527887943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e506a327db53cf45bf989cf2c8ebd3d/navitivuwiweleked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a50a1c4e54---6796232867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalquestconsulting.com/userfiles/files/metiramunawopefegezog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonapartefamilynetwork.com/clients/7/7d/7d081654635712149502d88e72c54c2d/File/98681038289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidequipment.com/public_html/userfiles/file/19822832885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiken7050.com/clients/5/51/510ae66c864a6d23552e02d1b5190e2c/File/sowojurumukelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tylincms.com/userfiles/files/pixegajiluxade.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_off0000dc4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC4C 11352 bytes
SHA-256: a8ffbf1b5e57524a752423ecbfdb770b33058a0d99c2a324f5de9bceba6417d8
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ebe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EBE 16576 bytes
SHA-256: 7492d6aa3ca9c543c8f3ed2665b138a0b67fe7b46077b1ac0416bd45ba873cf2