Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88ada130d92d3f51…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-07-24 21:27:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: c7282ff266ed1f6fd6f86fdae2f6fb04 SHA-1: c38d180028c840660985e36ca19faa4183d0128d SHA-256: 88ada130d92d3f51a88a6e228d12b497a21f4581ac3a94e74220d2afad1d333d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of algorithmically generated URLs further indicates an attempt to evade detection and distribute malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dj8v57pcjg6sbqisctherehqs2/52445124744.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://childrencareandliteracysociety.org/userfiles/files/lififunelegexabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rdej17vkg4k9eh1r8mjerhpt3v/zarobulixonodojeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb047ac363f---bomofafujeziromive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadcasthub.com/ci/userfiles/files/52519137012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2287bfc84b41a6e5362d9bdf58601a9d/45248795754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6c852284a8c52e006dbe3613226f596/tusine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icbacademy.com/upload/files/pumilubozofigeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasystemofkarate.com/clients/861259/File/52637803986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de836e321cf---puzolejuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d48572ceac91a9e8a0968677d27e8350/kelezaworamuxoxejajar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtaky.sk/media/file/mejonepozubotigutexide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609306773d7aa---47398798782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1e7051b124---zudomogubitotumotilop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosvag.ru/img/lib/file/dogilim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://247hvac.ca/fabulous1/uploads/files/mujudukavubanonosugodebif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2f881a93c14e5a584265045c449316e/busakoxifonemorejiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondamienbac.vn/userfiles/file/24920512079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c594a2143cb03c41fa2b1a9d86db2da/kazakavovar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/viwonidimubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cafeinca.com/img/public/contenido/file/jupatazidetusuxuzudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biothiennam.com/media/ftp/file/10412887994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087f15ce7e38---17844487105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=dolor+en+los+senos+a+que+se+debePDF 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_off0000f0bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0BF 10440 bytes
SHA-256: 1ab696258c2de9454b72e328e3f5639de6fdd773ba06ea7d88df48578fd081a2
font_01_sfnt_off00010844.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10844 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012056.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12056 17660 bytes
SHA-256: 7da4abd976515bc3a71f680f69a45ac3e7869870b479d4eaf7d6f011533284bd