Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 288ece8d6621f08d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.3 KB Created: 2021-09-19 03:54:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 7e514cc8c2088bad3af7cf4d0cf5f96d SHA-1: 6cd3e9619b6d2f48f8a14ac0aa320df38c405591 SHA-256: 288ece8d6621f08d6045a82563854d838cb9dc01f74aa3b6945cbd098b44c4d4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, several of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://tekartltd.com/upload/files/52555182319.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pacie.vn/web/uploads/files/6356876118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spadhotel.com/basefile/spadhotelcom/files/2693793784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djennebeads.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/xotojosoniget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161319d9fcc589---71312408170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68336cd02f490b998f72ccee0f8ffc76/47768841319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbelly.org/content/files/files/gudakawesokigovifej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehotelgateway.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/99629643162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npi-management.fr/ressource/site-image/files/85293725649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intersat.lv/files/file/vonadivorivezevavotenup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rubivina.com/Images_upload/files/28622676465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://himalayakebab.irafbrothers.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/19521609480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n-tlg.com/files/file/45045667846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mbk-montage.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35791218104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f03fa338d4d2e0abe857995e07109e3f/kexuwubuxazeragenele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomei4x4.jp/js/upload/files/12751390855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://podgoricki-klub.me/userfiles/file/72244230240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winecellarkeeper.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89530015885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://curvy.tw/upload/files/959100058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manage3.realtourvision.com/rtv/ckfinder/userfiles/images/files/3234913158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijn-nederland.nl/userfiles/file/sepukowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zegaoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/saguzosoniwevasebodowojef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mextro.de/upload/files/25851332076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gz-theoutfit.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210914191725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=best+1+click+rootPDF 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_off0000ba8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA8C 16444 bytes
SHA-256: a3e0377fc41fb8fee307b8291b1392c9af9470defdf1d3b4a9684bb4fd56063c
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4B5 10152 bytes
SHA-256: b2d224294c985797b6e31e1a83361f7b95e8d61e6cb59d192001b0320bccf4cb
font_02_sfnt_off0000fba1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBA1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1