Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43c88a1157fdeac5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 16:13:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 93caa7107cd8255e0266cd578682f95c SHA-1: f950bb1c5e290a52f2b54a85f6314969a43b49db SHA-256: 43c88a1157fdeac5d4dc75568e0b4e2f562eb212eeba99b57b4fee3de768655d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-severity alert for linking to algorithmically-generated URLs hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The numerous external URIs suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=servers+for+minecraft+pe PDF link annotation
    • https://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90855011a99df358e5b3c0597ead20b6/tetuved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chauphongasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2kd5s119hg2cfcmcbvoco36586/10376156842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d808a1da64d---bixek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snqrsl.quebec/upload/editor/file/vikerekowapirupebowin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8bbd9ef5f---95050985722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98fd378ed8694d0263139c1f0b560424/sexutizuravewodijekuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/sajatebelelikeximaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7r6lmme39s9lb0t9vas5nt8nq3/gowom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3074ed5cee35197d5d3e8aedda33efdd/jofobuvobefupoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf643d859c1---71505390394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f671b3e1c8b657afc797dc999591971a/88241448429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ofcvt6jhkpb4rqlfkm6t572dao/gusejasapivofobaduxoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05a7c8531f14e55bf5def4a2771810dc/55180158368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nhpr1mqes75v42matkv3r3vmom/53704590057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08e0c61cfe2d399c004583a3697a8dca/kurebelale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f81d2d6b370e0c8aa7c2b5e1821debc5/wadizinemufisidewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210618033257515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://josephlillianmorrisfamily.com/clients/59960/File/68165365808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/54096286727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiopros.com/userfiles/file/In PDF document text
    • http://marymo.ru/uploads/files/23273768364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092844eb39d6---23376315386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istrouma1971.com/clients/9/9b/9b88b062b8d6af44b28e209fcb06d7d5/File/tafozuzafaluwidovulirodi.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_off0000eb06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB06 17800 bytes
SHA-256: 3859ae3a2ea0ada8e031189ee1865679d3ea1e0c643a75750b2e996b161faaa3
font_01_sfnt_off0001194f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1194F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013166.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13166 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 9a838e876a9d48119d94b813982b947a88c9a90412c271c301cd58ab57cc90c3