Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 888667cdf5ccac85…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 05:20:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e65a407fa6f8aea243379042a7c95078 SHA-1: 3f1773f3003886e5e3559c60e0bdea6d6bf3a328 SHA-256: 888667cdf5ccac85a95c2c737fd3457fa5aba6166aa44ce06844e503703b61d1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF that contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wits+university+postgraduate+prospectus+2020+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f605d3cf4a---manurukibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b767f03eb---bunem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e29d848f4cfa12a7925d547c7a10032/89940250937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markasib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94218387800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6f7edc06ec---14077575213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoteam.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91320683762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesterek.net/tmp/45623919326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energy-labels.com/userfiles/file/25189680704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidrealestate.com/public_html/userfiles/file/64178216689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reutlinger.pl/userfiles/file/16365145604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d0131e9da5---jukumijabexinobif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://food-cloud.com/home/food-cloud/www/site//site/data/files/31165701149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquatrustfina.com/userfiles/file/97804619099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850bc0a9e55---talaxijokifekaxejodanako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cungcapbaoduongcuanhatban.com/upload/files/24277989488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e2067e8f8---4167078073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad7ad56d987b0e807332fb9ac64c2c65/sorexulugefarejof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa37868d04---42137529670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b1d51882e---mafebekerujavetok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qbkadon7vjmr022bj8uhg1ru6e/jewumufelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160718a44cc836---35571613175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e1295dfec4---jidanef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b228830ac---tiwoneru.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_off0000bd07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD07 11264 bytes
SHA-256: 44c4957010144f0298285c70c72146879478d881d0ee367472c86e5975c814e7
font_01_sfnt_off0000d781.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD781 15640 bytes
SHA-256: a5d203922678483bafe6745aef03131af3f09f5247e2d1be0227c51577ea4610
font_02_sfnt_off0000fef9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEF9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1