Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88816c1658058e2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-08-20 22:25:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: f46d65e7a8c5b6c2eb4f04c5d71fba02 SHA-1: 18fdcb760f3b63d9a6c7a604b0a5c85cd37fc0c2 SHA-256: 88816c1658058e2a510bf0a87678d573c08b684bcfd0e72910deb2b967626a2a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

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 presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=halliday+fundamentals+of+physics+9th+edition+solutions+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://doctorchina168.com/upload/files/35113285439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160b16be8b68c6---lenuvesud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uchid.com/uploads/file/90792602545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highlevel.pl/userfiles/file/fusufasatigolig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02bdade7f9d67129456f36e1aefcd85c/fatise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adom.biz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95455792698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orsini-blasioli.it/userfiles/files/10781856531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1sv0mkdalgqhbuslj4ee69phj6/32427133012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/fejogati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://merydian.pl/nowymerydian/userfiles/file/78014048913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dff4bbd7625---doxedikerofirun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/2340907268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s2gp2pdco68gccjvvje95k762s/63972796565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattress-leader.com/media/21570541341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3a128ebc37---74168182896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxgear.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dupiselezomopukemenet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfavit.tv/userfiles/file/woguzinaxunaroloza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyreviveshop.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/mupama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anieliasfx.com/uploads/textareas/file/pugitefiroluruvebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e01aaaab1a---84189426110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d758511fca---naxibedirufiganu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art4you.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/76781024477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a7a5d09b70b2f84d5a94120126c4481/dukivadu.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_off0000c965.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC965 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e177.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE177 17264 bytes
SHA-256: 0fb3da0ec47e69fc92c9964291cce34f871877f8526a819c21c6ab5b9578d4e0
font_02_sfnt_off00010e0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E0A 11160 bytes
SHA-256: 17daaf3dea27d85053131673550b38cfc0ecd34146786138f1d32f321749f843