Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8888603c566e908c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.6 KB Created: 2021-09-26 18:27:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: bd2b4d676dc145f92ce456982258735a SHA-1: deaf3d2d7e7dd219c64725f2cc5dcd6012813d7e SHA-256: 8888603c566e908cee19b32d6a926776c318360e3986e7e1586e17cc2a48c89b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute malicious content. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further indicates a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613edd20240f4---zugisamijasezotox.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.medic-pneumolog.ro/fisiere/file/zizununewap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelclinton.it/userfiles/files/xokamuludan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/vimelukoxidagunisaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaia-onlus.org/userfiles/file/wosazudezoguruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoangeli.it/userfiles/files/54841318035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srilangkapools.com/contents/files/bopulavenurefer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elpijisystem.com/file/1009745211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolecasetta.it/userfiles/files/pesimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cisseo.net/userfiles/files/pobigobejawiras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rracc.com/file_media/file_image/file/22506398590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horizontire.com/userfiles/file/67884028121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://king-pro.com/userfiles/files/kuxadifoxaxixikisiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aydinservis.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuwigajutatukubolosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendatourvietnam.com/hinhanh/file/veludarenafepapozopolip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artwatch.ru/userfiles/file/mafukamegabimoxunon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/wufir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://openendrep.com/userfiles/files/26550231445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210905221501095725vd32ws.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc8adf1a887d9be24264aa4481a760b1/99251256795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainbrookbuilders.com/home/mountain/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90145509856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f81ce6a2df---93112489072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/lotafupulotuvadapav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nridbutkarjrdvi4hh50e6dm64/71119317883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=fort+conquer+hack+mod+apk+free+download+for+androidPDF 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_off0000afd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFD8 16184 bytes
SHA-256: 78a86ad6fe7c576e1eb63abbea35db36711bdcea92c642b2e251496a4e460c1e
font_01_sfnt_off0000d904.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD904 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f11b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF11B 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 44355589745f4379485ca8b26d840762c0c1dcbb10d644e079e9ab7668b0d3f9