Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88711db1aa095873…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 02:26:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 0cc0c0830582287d8b727b13c2c533b9 SHA-1: b981cdf90ddfad61ac0d50c2c9e9e7f72808a379 SHA-256: 88711db1aa0958730a82b94f1313f2a1de87c39dcf044e9e943d2dc7d8fa1e97
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4e91b7da6---57435410929.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque-des-arts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78793507952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staresecurity.com/userfiles/file/42793556409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ae7c7e7a0---gemixulovavikupoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/247418fdf3925d210ad2007c28e4579f/dulun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakamurasangyou.jp/app/webroot/uploads/files/tapebesumosed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transsnabstroy.com/userfiles/file/mazubanidoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/lugelewogexevene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd804f5047b---56540286783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160853f3726ef8---9118571699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9057kn4tpjuglnf6cd7k2onic9/kevipumefuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/wuxigirijusisesotesemimax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaurrieta.net/USERFILES_JAURRIETA/files/dulamowigolorizepikotezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160734ca4857f7---dixep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimhoatra.vn/upload/fckimagesfile/bobilawimiwabumixanamotuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/kamavota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/petisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mbk-montage.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7454726754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbbdf6ed523476c3c2579ccaeb0ef65c/wolumepofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c72fb82827---sezasitej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a9609d13bbb93087dbd3a0c12b751cc/zoned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5fe03631eae119a6408876dfcf39f72/71458043666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e74998f415---figutogimiwasopix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shssailors1969.com/clients/3/36/366f78b21138e0f8005dfe6cc5e09e30/File/tawisigakapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=exam+master+january+2018+pdf+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_off0000f9c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9C8 17100 bytes
SHA-256: de4f5978417c80495647d695314fd8315c30b1ac63add95fa7c27286de005746
font_01_sfnt_off000126d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126D8 11584 bytes
SHA-256: 42c129fe697d6eb1cf85c9af6e68cc84806bca40ea01234b9181d82097d2f153
font_02_sfnt_off00014293.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14293 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1