Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88794e1b8a4d5bfc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 06:34:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a400021dc7cc7ac79b3f8a4d149b868b SHA-1: ebd54f4a2a04866caa42b294826c9a13ae279786 SHA-256: 88794e1b8a4d5bfc2b3242e9a782a9d3279d8620a8e2e3bff78e234ced465bed
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 http://bcslaw.hu/admin/fck_upload/file/fibobevudu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hrck2sd6enfsvt43vek2ocb98j/nilidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.ch/upload/93377477526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timandlor.com/userfiles/file/pijunulixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indago-rovigo.it/userfiles/files/pizokuzutoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tqe0ko2k12m4hbsrtembrkvi8o/linifabejemojowutaluga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/443b642e8cabe42e65eb703a21e70707/jetabolirikoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joltiy.ru/uploads/files/daked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f977abee6ececc171dcea6582f8aa98/temoxojafakakapozofovul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i6c2o7b29iuc6484spngdpmoto/xopapimuxogezimexojamuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elfuklid.cz/foto/Image/file/87627867149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kyanite.tv/userfiles/file/13576409798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132630dc91d0---jakopojemetexupovuzug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamekatus.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/84198969696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinatech.com/userfiles/file/75472927362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afayl.com/userfiles/file/guwegoluwotumigulirodadun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789792d4ff4---zimipupetuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.com/assets/file/ditilewafixivupujupipod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landatur.com/files/galeria/files/tejivob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9i1b14lzokxjcrti5um.com/upload/fckeditor/file/80999779628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723df801f7c---fofekeroponatubewimoxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazosilikatnn.ru/uploads/files/rumew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fluffy-chins.com/images/file/78197982587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brunagabriele.it/userfiles/files/pezaribisevulogemiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.llmhospital.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89523838485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=town+and+country+planning+act+zambia+pdfPDF 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_off0001241c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1241C 11124 bytes
SHA-256: 84a7105cc866da875c4f02a89048b2e24944167d363094384c74e09c92d8a90d
font_01_sfnt_off00013dbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DBB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000155cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x155CD 18992 bytes
SHA-256: 8652cc4fc4f348c6e7cd6033f3a71d21ccd4741f184f64b240e67f8d5685722b