Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88968979c4714b7e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-07-21 03:59:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: dc2c51b40911e3419e3cc97793ad8731 SHA-1: 3fe43c4675dd9aaa3b84621d3e5cd21f5056ce05 SHA-256: 88968979c4714b7e12e508aa84c766e0858c8dcd40e98a89dfc40a3391a9c562
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links suggests a coordinated effort to host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072582ca9528---jibumi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b30f09cfd76---75984694579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/49469983456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chauphongasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bd6aj2302ue5k26g8crehd7f5/pikarefijoxolavujelexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/16506763360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagecambodiatravel.com/userfiles/file/xibanalirekepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27c1e1b0f7---kipijixenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kipass.fr/userfiles/file/tuwulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iohrp.org/f_files/files/8237483863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a5b2a990f4---zeseb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schodylux.pl/userfiles/file/zigatalilunibuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savoie-outils-coupants.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32920457616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseenadventure.com/userfiles/file/79204801651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokorny-podlahy.cz/UserFiles/File/jewij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novichiha.ru/pic/file/51404797575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee0cfn0dacnk5et8smk4234b0h/14979349531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aterhesseg.com/up_image/file/95665659584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ck-kutnahora.cz/gais/image/file/wadomireloxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haozuowenwang.com/imagefiles/file/bevamijeruniwevonupitug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutronicltd.com/userfiles/file/11816950386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf0f90e2ca---39303440928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/du3k5sh89rmplofbm8htkndokb/11583026985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4b400a1817302cf77b21f93cc3c7360/18961230292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/48506611708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maynenkhiinverter.com/media/ftp/file/94451290082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=prayer+to+cover+yourself+with+the+blood+of+jesusPDF 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_off0000e454.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE454 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC66 16648 bytes
SHA-256: 1d4b7e0dd27c8f2e84623ed0683b1f5ee8cac638e04fbb55aeb62c2ab9d58bf1
font_02_sfnt_off00012769.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12769 11104 bytes
SHA-256: 9c993e0bcee47bca3bf1390fb9a1890b289d8e18b497d7d2a34876b27998d01d

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