Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88aca19bbcf00a21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-08-16 17:10:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b3ec1ee9178ff89145d13515d1687e58 SHA-1: e666ce5e56eefac11dc51328f983d3ca9f6976e5 SHA-256: 88aca19bbcf00a21dfead86a27410a260d1fb6570334e05682aec51f18d2d295
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute phishing content or malware. The PDF structure and embedded URLs indicate a tactic of luring users to external malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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 https://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+considered+termination+for+gross+misconduct PDF link annotation
    • http://stavbyhes.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rejuluwomozomoloporu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607637dd15813---zonesorodexatupev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9c814def0---4623190282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonahotel.vn/UpLoadFile/file/1761414785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a65764a3fe8---kimawabas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c0b4784780---ratiwigoxarokakat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9627d20d1---punedajaxutumebadodisiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609665c94164f---98462109606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607197d19d563---lagerumeziliza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd6bc12c2f3---60393681111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat2.hkha.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lezuxijesefapiduledadoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caa78ec3834---51279380191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mopron.ru/upload/files/pixegepuzuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/4891038361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/113be8a93e53c978e408246aabce48e2/jafedififowemowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dawififuwujomigarag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac69bccf766---16704838333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d58234ec3db5e1ae3ed01b7af27cb562/61306828802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094ab8ccee4a---guvanoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f34f59feeab1abdd6cac74e781e0a37a/91115943074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tobywells.org/media/fckdir/file/36592713833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3f683376bc1254a47d15e384aec7433/rimadibok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609820afc959c---53626702327.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_off0000f107.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF107 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010919.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10919 16948 bytes
SHA-256: 30c94d4fd7923b8d4d287d52dd027280767b0a4a3fdc163df8b4d81c552dfa58
font_02_sfnt_off000134ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134EF 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 40f586e11f2af3b06ff7fee7120c2dd39b9124c0b115c1879d5db4d701834478